Acts 20:28

28 1Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all 2the flock, in which 3the Holy Spirit has made you 4overseers, 5to care for 6the church of God,[a] which he 7obtained 8with his own blood.[b]

Acts 20:28 In-Context

26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you,
27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Cross References 8

  • 1. [1 Timothy 4:16]
  • 2. ver. 29; [Ephesians 4:11]; See Luke 12:32
  • 3. [Acts 13:2; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11]
  • 4. Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:7; [ver. 17]
  • 5. See John 21:16
  • 6. 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 11:16; 1 Corinthians 15:9
  • 7. [2 Peter 2:1]
  • 8. Hebrews 9:12, 14; [Ephesians 1:7; 1 John 1:7]; See 1 Peter 1:18, 19; Revelation 5:9

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Some manuscripts of the Lord
  • [b]. Or with the blood of his Own
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.