Hechos 20:34

34 Ustedes mismos saben bien que estas manos se han ocupado de mis propias necesidades y de las de mis compañeros.

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 »Ahora los encomiendo a Dios y al mensaje de su gracia, mensaje que tiene poder para edificarlos y darles herencia entre todos los santificados.

33 No he codiciado ni la plata ni el oro ni la ropa de nadie.

34 Ustedes mismos saben bien que estas manos se han ocupado de mis propias necesidades y de las de mis compañeros.

35 Con mi ejemplo les he mostrado que es preciso trabajar duro para ayudar a los necesitados, recordando las palabras del Señor Jesús: “Hay más dicha en dar que en recibir”».

36 Después de decir esto, Pablo se puso de rodillas con todos ellos y oró.