Hechos 20:34

34 Ustedes saben que mis dos manos han trabajado para satisfacer mis propias necesidades e incluso las necesidades de los que estuvieron conmigo.

Hechos 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 ) .

Hechos 20:34 In-Context

32 »Y ahora los encomiendo a Dios y al mensaje de su gracia, que tiene poder para edificarlos y darles una herencia junto con todos los que él ha consagrado para sí mismo.

33 »Yo nunca he codiciado la plata ni el oro ni la ropa de nadie.

34 Ustedes saben que mis dos manos han trabajado para satisfacer mis propias necesidades e incluso las necesidades de los que estuvieron conmigo.

35 Y he sido un ejemplo constante de cómo pueden ayudar con trabajo y esfuerzo a los que están en necesidad. Deben recordar las palabras del Señor Jesús:
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36 Cuando Pablo terminó de hablar, se arrodilló y oró con ellos.