Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 20:24
See notes on verse 22
See notes on verse 22
ACTS 20:24 Instead of the awkward, yet idiomatic, avllV ouvdeno.j lo,gou poiou/mai th.n yuch.n timi,an evmautw|/ (î74 a* B C D2 copsa _al_), the Western text (in D) expands to avllV ouvdeno.j lo,gon...
Verse Acts 20:24. _NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME_] Ουδενος λογον ποιουμαι; I consider them as nothing; I value them not a straw; they weigh not with me. _NEITHER COUNT I MY LIFE DEAR_] I am not my own...
MOVE ME - Alarm me, or deter me from my purpose. Greek: “I make an account of none of them.” I do not regard them as of any moment, or as worth consideration in the great purpose to which I have devot...
CHAPTER 20 __ 1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1). 2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there (Acts 20:3). 3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13). 4. The farewell...
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS AT MILETUS. See Ramsay, art. Miletus in HDB, as to the difficulties of the journey at that period from Miletus to Ephesus; one had to sail to Priene and make fro...
PATHETIC APPEAL TO PAUL'S PAST WORK AT EPHESUS AND TO HIS PRESENT POSITION. Acts 20:18. after what manner I was with you: _cf._ 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Acts 20:19. serving the Lord: _cf._...
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church. When they were with him he said to them, "You yourselves know how, from the first day I came into Asia, I spent all the time,...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
NONE, &C. =. make of no (Greek. _oudeis)_ account (Greek. _logos)_. NEITHER. Greek. _oude._ COUNT. hold. DEAR. precious. Greek. _timios._ See note on Acts 5:34. FINISH. Greek. _teleioo._ App-125....
_But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself_ The oldest MSS. omit the words for "neither count I," and following these the _Rev. Ver._has translated, "_but I hold not m...
PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE, AND LEAVES MILETUS...
ἈΛΛ' ΟΥ̓ΔΕΝῸΣ ΛΌΓΟΥ ΠΟΙΟΥ͂ΜΑΙ ΤῊΝ ΨΥΧῊΝ ΤΙΜΊΑΝ ἘΜΑΎΤΩΙ with אBCD. _Vulg_. has ‘Sed nihil horum vereor, nee facio animam meam pretiosiorem quam me.’ μετὰ χαρᾶς omitted with אABD. Not represented in _V...
_PAUL VISITED WITH THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS ACTS 20:17-38:_ Paul called for the Elders from the church at Ephesus to meet with him at Miletus. He reminded them that he had never tried to obtain the app...
ΟΎΔΕΝΌΣ ΛΌΓΟΥ ΠΟΙΟΎΜΑ ΤΉΝ ΨΥΧ ΤΙΜΊΑΝ έμαυτφ "я не дорожу своей жизнью" (Bruce; RWP). ΏΣ (G5613) используется с _inf._ для выражения дели: "чтобы" (RG, 987). ΤΕΛΕΙΏΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΤΕΛΕΙΌΩ (G50...
DISCOURSE: 1799 DUTY OF MINISTERS Acts 20:24. _But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have re...
BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME— _But I make no account of any of these things._ It adds great beauty to this and all the other passages of scripture, in which the apostles express their contempt of...
IN MILETUS. Acts 20:16-38. a. Past Ephesus to Miletus. Acts 20:16-17. Acts 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if...
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel...
21 Repentance had its place in Paul's preaching while he was proclaiming the kingdom. It was associated with pardon. Henceforth he no longer preaches these, but justification and conciliation by faith...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corinth...
ST PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS. He reminds them of his ministry among them (Acts 20:18). And now that the Spirit draws him to Jerusalem, to face the unknown future, he entrusts the Ephesian...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6 V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged them. Then he said good...
BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME... — Literally, _But I take account of nothing, nor do I hold my life_... We note the parallelism with Luther’s famous declaration, when warned by his friends not to g...
See critical note. “But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself,” R.V., reading λόγου for λόγον omitting οὐδὲ ἔχω and μου. Both verbs ἔχω and ποιοῦμαι are found in similar phrases in LX...
A PARTING MESSAGE Acts 20:13 The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their company, and before parting delive...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
Meeting with the Elders from Ephesus The rest of the apostle's company travelled by ship to Assos, while he went on foot. He joined them in the ship at Assos and went on with them to Mitylene, then by...
_Neither do I count my life (literally, my soul) more precious than myself, having consecrated all my endeavours, my thoughts, my life, my whole self, body and soul, to God's service. (Witham)_...
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...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
_THE CHRISTIAN COURSE_ ‘And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bon...
_‘NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME’_ ‘But none of these things move me.’ Acts 20:24 When St. Paul and his companions had reached Miletus—it being the last occasion on which he should ever be in those p...
_THE MINISTRY_ ‘The ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus.’ Acts 20:24 These words from St. Paul’s charge to the Ephesian clergy who met him at Miletus tell of a ministry, and of Him Wh...
− 24._I care not. _All the godly must be so framed in their minds, and chiefly the ministers of the Word, that, setting all things apart, they make haste to obey God. The life is, indeed, a more excel...
But let us return to the history of Paul. After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them, and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes into Greece. The beg...
BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME,.... From the hope of the Gospel, nor from the ministry of the word, nor from his journey to Jerusalem; they did not shake his faith, nor inject fear into him, nor cau...
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel...
_And behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem_ Strongly impelled by the Spirit which intimates my duty to me in such a manner, that I can neither omit nor delay it. I am, therefore, fully resolv...
Paul warned of coming affliction:...
BUT NONE. OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME, NEITHER COUNT I MY LIFE DEAR UNTO MYSELF, SO THAT I MIGHT FINISH MY COURSE WITH JOY, AND THE MINISTRY WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED OF THE LORD JESUS, TO TESTIFY THE GOSPEL...
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME; NOR DO I COUNT MY LIFE DEAR TO MYSELF, SO THAT I MAY FINISH MY RACE WITH JOY, AND THE MINISTRY WHICH I RECEIVED FROM THE LORD JESUS, TO TESTIFY TO THE GOSPEL OF THE G...
"But. hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that. may accomplish my course, and the ministry which. received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God"I hold not...
17-27 The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man. Those who would in any office serve the Lord acceptably, and profitably to others, must do it with humility. He was a plain preache...
NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME; they cannot deter me from my duty. NEITHER COUNT I MY LIFE BEFORE DEAR UNTO MYSELF; I am so far from fearing bonds, that I would not fear death itself. He is said to acco...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians From Syria even unto Rome I fight with beasts not that I am devoured by brute beasts, for these, as ye know, by the will of God, spared Daniel, but by beasts in th...
Acts 20:24 But G235 none G3762 things G3056 me G4160 (G5731) nor G3761 count G2192 (G5719) my...
HE DESCRIBES WHAT HAS CAUSED HIM TO WANT TO SPEAK TO THEM AND THE FATE THAT AWAITS HIM (22-24). “And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will befall me the...
PAUL'S ADDRESS TO THE ELDERS OF THE EPHESIAN CHURCH (20:17-38)....
_St. Paul's Farewell Address to the Elders of the Church at Ephesus,_ 18-38. In this short epitome of the discourse of the apostle on the occasion of his bidding farewell to his old Ephesian friends a...
Acts 20:24. BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME, NEITHER COUNT I MY LIFE DEAR UNTO MYSELF. ‘We note the parallelism with Luther's famous declaration when warned by his friends not to go to Worms, “ _I wi...
BUT I HOLD NOT MY LIFE OF ANY ACCOUNT (αλλ' ουδενος λογου ποιουμα την ψυχην). Neat Greek idiom, accusative ψυχην and genitive λογου and then Paul adds "dear unto myself" (τιμιαν εμαυτω) in appositi...
NEITHER Or, I hold not my life of any account, as unto myself, in comparison with accomplishing my course. See (1 Corinthians 9:26); (Philippians 3:13); (Philippians 3:14). ...
Acts 20:24 I. Look, first, at the fact that a man was able to say of all the afflictions of life, "None of these things move me." There are three thoughts that stand out conspicuously in these words....
CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Tim...
Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and _Secun...
ASKING THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO MEET HIM. We are not told about them before this, but it was Paul's custom to appoint elders in each church (Acts 14:23). Elders [church leaders] are also called she...
_But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself._ PAUL’S DEVOTEDNESS TO HIS WORK We note here-- I. Calm determination. 1. As to himself. He is greatly concerned as to th...
_And now, behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem._ THE FUTURE (New Year’s sermon):--The text presents the future as something-- I. We are Bound to face. Paul was under the pressure of no bo...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:24 Compare 2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9;...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:17 Paul’s Miletus address is the only example in Acts 1:1 of a major speech to Christians. Of all Paul’s speeches in Ac
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:17. MILETUS.—Thirty-six miles south of Ephesus, and on the south-west of the Latmian Gulf. “Now a desolation: then an emporium of trade with four ports or docks crowded wit...
EXPOSITION ACTS 20:1 _Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MA...
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 1 Corinthians 9:24;...
But none of these things move me, neither count I, etc. The best texts omit neither count I, and render, I esteem my life of no account, as if it were precious to myself. Dear [τ ι μ ι α ν]. Of value...
Nor do I count my life precious — It adds great force to this and all the other passages of Scripture, in which the apostles express their contempt of the world, that they were not uttered by persons...