Apostelgeschichte 20:19

19 dem Herrn dienend mit aller Demut und mit Tränen und Versuchungen, welche mir durch die Nachstellungen der Juden widerfuhren;

Apostelgeschichte 20:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 20:19

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind
Meaning, in the ministration of the Gospel, being conscious to himself of his own weakness and insufficiency in himself for such service; no ways elated with those excellent and extraordinary gifts bestowed upon him; ascribing all his success to the power, grace, and Spirit of God; treating no man with contempt and disdain; nor lording it over God's heritage, or claiming a dominion over the faith of men; nor seeking honour nor riches for himself, nor even what he had a just right unto, a maintenance from the people; but laboured with his own hands, and to his own and the necessities of others:

and with many tears;
at the obstinacy and unbelief of some, and at the distresses and afflictions of others, both corporeal and spiritual; as well as on account of the unbecoming walk of some professors:

and temptations which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
who were hardened against his ministrations, and believed not the Gospel preached by him, but spoke evil of it, and lay in wait to take away his life; by reason of which, his afflictions, which he calls temptations, because they were trials of his faith and patience, were very great.

Apostelgeschichte 20:19 In-Context

17 Von Milet aber sandte er nach Ephesus und rief die Ältesten der Versammlung herüber.

18 Als sie aber zu ihm gekommen waren, sprach er zu ihnen: Ihr wisset von dem ersten Tage an, da ich nach Asien kam, wie ich die ganze Zeit bei euch gewesen bin,

19 dem Herrn dienend mit aller Demut und mit Tränen und Versuchungen, welche mir durch die Nachstellungen der Juden widerfuhren;

20 wie ich nichts zurückgehalten habe von dem, was nützlich ist, daß ich es euch nicht verkündigt und euch gelehrt hätte, öffentlich und in den Häusern,

21 indem ich sowohl Juden als Griechen bezeugte die Buße zu Gott und den Glauben an unseren Herrn Jesus Christus.