Acts 20:24-34

24 But 1I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only 2I may finish my course and 3the ministry 4that I received from the Lord Jesus, 5to testify to 6the gospel of 7the grace of God.
25 And now, behold, 8I know that none of you among whom I have gone about 9proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.
26 Therefore 10I testify to you this day that 11I am innocent of the blood of all of you,
27 for 12I did not shrink from declaring to you 13the whole counsel of God.
28 14Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all 15the flock, in which 16the Holy Spirit has made you 17overseers, 18to care for 19the church of God,[a] which he 20obtained 21with his own blood.[b]
29 I 22know that after my departure 23fierce wolves will come in among you, 24not sparing the flock;
30 and 25from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
31 Therefore 26be alert, remembering that 27for three years I did not cease night or day 28to admonish everyone 29with tears.
32 And now 30I commend you to God and to 31the word of his grace, which is able to 32build you up and to give you 33the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33 34I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
34 35You yourselves know that 36these hands ministered to my necessities and 37to those who were with me.

Cross References 37

  • 1. See Acts 21:13
  • 2. 2 Timothy 4:7
  • 3. Acts 1:17; 1 Timothy 1:12
  • 4. Galatians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; [Acts 26:16; Titus 1:3]
  • 5. ver. 21
  • 6. Acts 15:7
  • 7. [ver. 32; 1 Timothy 1:14]; See Acts 11:23
  • 8. [Philippians 1:25]
  • 9. See Acts 28:31
  • 10. Deuteronomy 8:19
  • 11. See Acts 18:6
  • 12. ver. 20; [Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 33:8]
  • 13. Acts 13:36; Luke 7:30; [Acts 2:23; Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews 6:17]
  • 14. [1 Timothy 4:16]
  • 15. ver. 29; [Ephesians 4:11]; See Luke 12:32
  • 16. [Acts 13:2; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11]
  • 17. Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:7; [ver. 17]
  • 18. See John 21:16
  • 19. 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 11:16; 1 Corinthians 15:9
  • 20. [2 Peter 2:1]
  • 21. Hebrews 9:12, 14; [Ephesians 1:7; 1 John 1:7]; See 1 Peter 1:18, 19; Revelation 5:9
  • 22. [See ver. 28 above]
  • 23. See Matthew 7:15
  • 24. John 10:12; [Colossians 2:8]
  • 25. [1 Corinthians 11:19; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 1 Timothy 1:19, 20; 1 John 2:18, 19]
  • 26. [Hebrews 13:17]; See Matthew 24:42
  • 27. [Acts 19:8, 10; Acts 24:17]
  • 28. Colossians 1:28
  • 29. [Hebrews 13:17]; See ver. 19
  • 30. Acts 14:23
  • 31. Acts 14:3; [ver. 24]
  • 32. See Colossians 2:7
  • 33. Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:14, 18; Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 1:12; Colossians 3:24; Hebrews 9:15; [1 Peter 1:4]; See Matthew 25:34; Romans 8:17
  • 34. 1 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 11:9; 2 Corinthians 12:17; [1 Samuel 12:3; Matthew 10:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:5]
  • 35. [ver. 18]
  • 36. See Acts 18:3
  • 37. Acts 19:22, 29

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Some manuscripts of the Lord
  • [b]. Or with the blood of his Own
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