Acts 20:33-35 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:35

The blessedness of giving. We have no other record of these words as uttered by Christ. They must have been treasured in the memory of the apostles, and have been often mentioned by them, but never written down. There must be a great deal of Christ's teaching not preserved for us; but we may be assured that the unrecorded was like the recorded, and we may gratefully receive what the Divine Spirit has been pleased to preserve for us. The truth of this statement that it is "more blessed to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:33

I have coveted - I have not desired. I have not made it an object of my living among you to obtain your property. Thus, 2 Corinthians 12:14 he says, “I seek not yours, but you.” Paul had power to demand support in the, ministry as the reward of his labor, 1 Corinthians 9:13-14. Yet he did not choose to exercise it, lest it should bring the charge of avarice against the ministry, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Corinthians 9:15. He also had power in another respect. He had a vast influence over the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:34

Yea, ye yourselves know - By your own acquaintance with my manner of life. In Corinth he had lived and labored with Apollos (note, Acts 18:3); and he refers elsewhere to the fact that he had supported himself, in part at least, by his own labor, 1Co 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8. We may hence learn that it is no discredit to a minister to labor. Whatever it may be to a people who put him under a necessity to toil for his support, yet the example of Paul shows that a man should... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:35

I have showed you - I have taught you by instruction and example. I have not merely discoursed about it, but have showed you how to do it.All things - Or, in respect to all things. In everything that respects preaching and the proper mode of life, I have for three years set you an example, illustrating the design, nature, and duties of the office by my own self-denials and toil.How that - Or, that - ὅτι hoti. I have showed you that ye should by so laboring support the weak.So labouring -... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 20:33-35

Acts 20:33-35. I have coveted no man’s silver, &c. Here the apostle begins another branch of his farewell discourse, in terms like those of old Samuel, taking his leave of the children of Israel, 1 Samuel 12:8. As if he had said, I have a testimony in my own conscience and in yours, that I have not directed my ministry to any mercenary views of pleasing any, how distinguished soever their circumstances might be, nor sought by any methods to enrich myself among you. Yea, ye yourselves... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 20:13-38

To Jerusalem with the offering (20:13-21:16)From Troas Paul went by land to Assos, where he rejoined the rest of the party and sailed to Miletus (13-16). Since Miletus was only about fifty kilometres from Ephesus, Paul took the opportunity to call the elders of the Ephesian church to come and meet him. He wanted to give them some final encouragement and pass on helpful warnings (17).Paul’s opponents in Asia had probably been trying to turn the Christians against him. Therefore, he reminded the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 20:33

have coveted = desired. no man's . Greek. oudeis. apparel . Greek. himatismos. The word expresses more stateliness than the common word himation. Here, Matthew 27:35 .Luke 7:25 ; Luke 9:29 . John 19:24 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 20:34

know . Greek. ginosko. App-132 . have ministered = ministered. Greek. hupereteo. App-190 . See note on Acts 13:36 . necessities = needs. Compare Acts 2:45 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 20:35

have shewed = shewed. Greek. hupodeiknumi. See note on Acts 9:16 . labouring = toiling. Greek. kopiao. Compare Matthew 6:28 , first occurance. support . Greek. antilambanomai. Only here, Luke 1:54 . 1 Timothy 6:2 . weak . Greek. astheneo. Often translated "sick". It is, &c . This is one of the Paroemiae ( App-6 )of the Lord, not elsewhere recorded. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 20:34

I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.Paul worked as a tent-maker to earn funds for himself and his co-workers on the mission field; and the imagination quite easily sees the gesture which... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:35

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:35

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 20:33-35

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 20:13-38

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 20:33

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 20:34

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 20:35

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 20:34

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