Atos 20:29

29 Eu sei que depois da minha partida entrarão no meio de vós lobos cruéis que não pouparão rebanho,

Atos 20:29 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 20:29

For I know this
By divine revelation:

that after my departing;
either out of this world, or after his leaving them now, and proceeding on, his journey:

shall grievous wolves enter in among you;
false teachers, comparable to wolves, for their craft and cunning, and for their greedy, covetous, and voracious dispositions; and who would be very grievous, troublesome, and even intolerable to them; these, he knew, would enter privily, at an unawares, into their churches, and set up themselves for preachers, without being called or sent:

not sparing the flock;
fleecing it instead of feeding it, making merchandise of it, and like the Pharisees, under religious pretences, devour widows' houses, and drain the purses of men; and having as little compassion upon their souls, poisoning them with their errors and heresies, subverting their faith, and bringing them into swift ruin and destruction, as much as would in them lie.

Atos 20:29 In-Context

27 Porque não me esquivei de vos anunciar todo o conselho de Deus.

28 Cuidai pois de vós mesmos e de todo o rebanho sobre o qual o Espírito Santo vos constituiu bispos, para apascentardes a igreja de Deus, que ele adquiriu com seu próprio sangue.

29 Eu sei que depois da minha partida entrarão no meio de vós lobos cruéis que não pouparão rebanho,

30 e que dentre vós mesmos se levantarão homens, falando coisas perversas para atrair os discípulos após si.

31 Portanto vigiai, lembrando-vos de que por três anos não cessei noite e dia de admoestar com lágrimas a cada um de vós.