Acts 20:35
In all things I gave you an example, how that so labouring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
34Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
Cross References
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, and his good deed will he pay him again.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely ye received, freely give.
Luke 14:12And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbours; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
Acts 20:27For I shrank not from declaring unto 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 →