Hechos 24:17

17 Y, después de varios años, he venido para traer limosnas a mi nación y a presentar ofrendas;

Hechos 24:17 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:17

Now after many years
Absence from Jerusalem; it was now about five and twenty years since his conversion, and most of this time he spent among the Gentiles; three years after it he went up to Jerusalem, and fourteen years after that, ( Galatians 1:18 ) ( 2:1 ) but it had now been some years since he had been there:

I came to bring alms to my nation;
the collections which were made among the Gentile churches, particularly in Macedonia, for the poor saints at Jerusalem, ( Romans 15:25-27 ) ( 2 Corinthians 8:1-4 ) .

and offerings;
either for the day of Pentecost, according to the usages of that feast, or the offerings on the account of the vow of the Nazarite, ( Acts 21:26 ) . The Vulgate Latin version adds, "and vows"; unless the spiritual and evangelical sacrifices of prayer and praise can be thought to be meant, since the ceremonial law was now abrogated; though it is manifest the apostle did at some times, and in some cases, comply with the Jews in the observance of it, in order to gain some.

Hechos 24:17 In-Context

15 teniendo la misma esperanza en Dios que éstos también abrigan, de que ciertamente habrá una resurrección tanto de los justos como de los impíos.

16 Por esto, yo también me esfuerzo por conservar siempre una conciencia irreprensible delante de Dios y delante de los hombres.

17 Y, después de varios años, he venido para traer limosnas a mi nación y a presentar ofrendas;

18 haciendo lo cual me encontraron en el templo, después de haberme purificado, no con multitud ni con alboroto. Pero estaban allí ciertos judíos de Asia,

19 y que deberían haberse presentado aquí ante ti y acusarme si tuvieran algo contra mí.