Acts 20:18-35

18 And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, ¹ from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through ²the plots of the Jews;

20 how I ³did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

21 solemnly ⁴testifying to both Jews and Greeks of ⁵repentance toward God and ⁶faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

22 "And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, ⁷I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there *,

23 except that ⁸the Holy Spirit solemnly ⁹testifies to me in every city, saying that ¹⁰bonds and afflictions await me.

24 "But ¹¹I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may ¹²finish my course and ¹³the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to ¹⁴testify solemnly of the gospel of ¹⁵the grace of God.

25 "And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about ¹⁶preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face.

26 "Therefore, I testify to you this day that ¹⁷I am innocent of the blood of all men.

27 "For I ¹⁸did not shrink from declaring to you the whole ¹⁹purpose of God.

28 "Be on guard for yourselves and for all ²⁰the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd ²¹the church of God which ²²He purchased with His own blood.

29 "I know that after my departure ²³savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing ²⁴the flock;

30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away ²⁵the disciples after them.

31 "Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of ²⁶three years I did not cease to admonish each one ²⁷with tears.

32 "And now I ²⁸commend you to God and to ²⁹the word of His grace, which is able to ³⁰build you up and to give you ³¹the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

33 "³²I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothes.

34 "You yourselves know that ³³these hands ministered to my own needs and to the ³⁴men who were with me.

35 "In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Cross References

• 1. Acts 18:19; Acts 19:1, 10; Acts 20:4, 16
• 2. Acts 20:3
• 3. Acts 20:27
• 4. Luke 16:28; Acts 18:5; Acts 20:23, 24
• 5. Acts 2:38; Acts 11:18; Acts 26:20
• 6. Acts 24:24; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:15; Colossians 2:5; Philemon 5
• 7. Acts 17:16; Acts 20:16
• 8. Acts 8:29
• 9. Luke 16:28; Acts 18:5; Acts 20:21, 24
• 10. Acts 9:16; Acts 21:33
• 11. Acts 21:13
• 12. Acts 13:25; 2 Timothy 4:7
• 13. Acts 1:17
• 14. Luke 16:28; Acts 18:5; Acts 20:21
• 15. Acts 11:23; Acts 20:32
• 16. Matthew 4:23; Acts 28:31
• 17. Acts 18:6
• 18. Acts 20:20
• 19. Acts 13:36
• 20. Luke 12:32; John 21:15-17; Acts 20:29; 1 Peter 5:2
• 21. Matthew 16:18; Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 10:32
• 22. Ephesians 1:7, 14; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 1:19; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 5:9
• 23. Ezekiel 22:27; Matthew 7:15
• 24. Luke 12:32; John 21:15-17; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2
• 25. Acts 11:26
• 26. Acts 19:8, 10; Acts 24:17
• 27. Acts 20:19
• 28. Acts 14:23
• 29. Acts 14:3; Acts 20:24
• 30. Acts 9:31
• 31. Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 1:12; Colossians 3:24; Hebrews 9:15; 1 Peter 1:4
• 32. 1 Corinthians 9:4-18; 2 Corinthians 11:7-12; 2 Corinthians 12:14-18; 1 Thessalonians 2:5
• 33. Acts 18:3
• 34. Acts 19:22

Footnotes

• [a]. V 16, note 1
• [b]. Lit "by"
• [c]. Or "in the various private homes"
• [d]. Or "in spirit"
• [e]. Or "call you to witness"
• [f]. Lit "pure from"
• [g]. Or "bishops"
• [h]. Lit "acquired"
• [i]. Lit "through"