Atos 20:34

34 Vós mesmos sabeis que estas mãos proveram as minhas necessidades e as dos que estavam comigo.

Atos 20:34 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 20:34

Yea, you yourselves know
So far was the apostle from desiring to have other men's money, or to wear their apparel, or to eat their bread, that he could appeal to these elders for the truth of it, they having been eyewitnesses of it:

that these hands have ministered unto my necessities;
meaning, that he had wrought with his hands, which he then held up, or stretched out, at tent making, along with Aquila and Priscilla, at Ephesus, as he had done before at Corinth, ( Acts 18:2 Acts 18:3 Acts 18:18 Acts 18:19 ) and therewith supplied himself with necessaries for food and clothing; for though he had a power, as a minister of the Gospel, to forbear working, and to insist upon a maintenance from the churches, yet in some cases, and in some places, he chose rather to forego that, lest he should either any ways hinder the progress of the Gospel at the first preaching of it, or be burdensome to the churches, or give the false teachers any handle against him; and he not only supported himself in this way, but assisted others also:

and to them that were with me;
as Luke, Timothy, and others; see ( Acts 20:4 ) .

Atos 20:34 In-Context

32 Agora pois, vos encomendo a Deus e � palavra da sua graça, �quele que é poderoso para vos edificar e dar herança entre todos os que são santificados.
33 De ninguém cobicei prata, nem ouro, nem vestes.
34 Vós mesmos sabeis que estas mãos proveram as minhas necessidades e as dos que estavam comigo.
35 Em tudo vos dei o exemplo de que assim trabalhando, é necessário socorrer os enfermos, recordando as palavras do Senhor Jesus, porquanto ele mesmo disse: Coisa mais bem-aventurada é dar do que receber.
36 Havendo dito isto, pôs-se de joelhos, e orou com todos eles.
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