Acts 20:20-30

20 how I ¹did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

21 solemnly ²testifying to both Jews and Greeks of ³repentance toward God and ⁴faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

22 "And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, ⁵I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there *,

23 except that ⁶the Holy Spirit solemnly ⁷testifies to me in every city, saying that ⁸bonds and afflictions await me.

24 "But ⁹I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may ¹⁰finish my course and ¹¹the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to ¹²testify solemnly of the gospel of ¹³the grace of God.

25 "And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about ¹⁴preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face.

26 "Therefore, I testify to you this day that ¹⁵I am innocent of the blood of all men.

27 "For I ¹⁶did not shrink from declaring to you the whole ¹⁷purpose of God.

28 "Be on guard for yourselves and for all ¹⁸the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd ¹⁹the church of God which ²⁰He purchased with His own blood.

29 "I know that after my departure ²¹savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing ²²the flock;

30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away ²³the disciples after them.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "in the various private homes"
• [b]. Or "in spirit"
• [c]. Or "call you to witness"
• [d]. Lit "pure from"
• [e]. Or "bishops"
• [f]. Lit "acquired"
• [g]. Lit "through"