Acts 24:17
Now after many years absence I was returned bringing alms to my countrymen, and oblations to the temple.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 11:29Then the disciples, as everyman had ability, determined every individual of them to send a sum to be distributed among the brethren who dwelt in Judea:
Acts 20:31Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, by night and by day, I have never ceased with tears to admonish every individual.
Romans 15:25But I am now going to Jerusalem, to carry alms to the saints.
1 Corinthians 16:1NOW concerning the collection which is for the saints, as I have given an order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.
2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor though he was rich, that ye by his poverty should be made rich.
2 Corinthians 9:12For the ministration of this charitable service not only abundantly supplies the deficiencies of the saints, but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God;
Matthew Henry on Acts 24:11-22
Paul's Third Defence. 10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: 11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: 13 Neither can they prove the… Read the whole commentary →