Acts 20:35
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Yeshua, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
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In Context
34You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.
36When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
Cross References
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Proverbs 19:17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.
Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
Luke 14:12He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Acts 20:27for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
Matthew Henry on Acts 20:18-36
Paul's Address to the Elders of Ephesus. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: 20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you… Read the whole commentary →