Atos 24:17

17 “Depois de estar ausente por vários anos, vim a Jerusalém para trazer esmolas ao meu povo e apresentar ofertas.

Atos 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.

Atos 24:17 In-Context

15 e tenho em Deus a mesma esperança desses homens: de que haverá ressurreição tanto de justos como de injustos.

16 Por isso procuro sempre conservar minha consciência limpa diante de Deus e dos homens.

17 “Depois de estar ausente por vários anos, vim a Jerusalém para trazer esmolas ao meu povo e apresentar ofertas.

18 Enquanto fazia isso, já cerimonialmente puro, encontraram-me no templo, sem envolver-me em nenhum ajuntamento ou tumulto.

19 Mas há alguns judeus da província da Ásia que deveriam estar aqui diante de ti e apresentar acusações, se é que têm algo contra mim.