Atti 24:17

17 Ora, in capo di molti anni, io son venuto per far limosine, ed offerte alla mia nazione.

Atti 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.

Atti 24:17 In-Context

15 avendo speranza in Dio, che la risurrezione de’ morti, così giusti come ingiusti, la quale essi ancora aspettano, avverrà.

16 E intanto, io esercito me stesso in aver del continuo la coscienza senza offesa inverso Iddio, e inverso gli uomini.

17 Ora, in capo di molti anni, io son venuto per far limosine, ed offerte alla mia nazione.

18 Le quali facendo, alcuni Giudei dell’Asia mi hanno trovato purificato nel tempio, senza turba, e senza tumulto.

19 A loro conveniva di comparire davanti a te, e d’accusarmi, se aveano cosa alcuna contro a me.