Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
1. Paul has taken time to review his life and work. He has reflected on what he did and where he failed.
2. This statement is not boasting. Paul is saying that, while some will be lost, because they rejected the gospel, and some will be lost because the left the church and went back to the world, he can not be faulted or blamed.
Verse Acts 20:26. _I_ AM _PURE FROM THE BLOOD OF ALL_] If any man, _Jew_ or _Gentile_, perish in his sins, his blood shall be upon him; he, alone, shall be accessary to his own perdition. I am blamele...
WHEREFORE - In view of the past, of my ministry and labors among you, I appeal to your own selves to testify that I have been faithful. I TAKE YOU TO RECORD - Greek: I call you to witness. If any of y...
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)...
TAKE YOU TO RECORD. am witnessed to by you. Greek. _marturomai._ Only here, Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:3.Ephesians 4:17. The texts add Acts 26:22
_Wherefore I take you to record this day_ The _Rev. Ver._, to explain the older English, gives "I testify unto you." The sense seems a little more than this. The Apostle not only gives his own testimo...
PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE, AND LEAVES MILETUS...
ΚΑΘΑΡΌΣ ΕἸΜΙ with אBCDE. _Vulg_. has ‘mundus sum.’ 26. ΔΙᾺ ΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΜΑΙ ὙΜΙ͂Ν, _wherefore I take you to record_. St Paul testifies unto his hearers, but he also challenges them to confirm or refute wha...
_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...
ΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΜΑΙ (G3143) _praes. ind. med. (dep.)_ свидетельствовать, утверждать, ΑΊΜΑ (G129) кровь. Здесь Павел имеет в виду: "меня нельзя обвинить в том, в чем можно обвинить каждого, кто (из-за своего н...
DISCOURSE: 1800 MINISTERIAL FIDELITY Acts 20:26. _I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God_. NO one c...
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...
See notes on verse 22...
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. WHEREFORE I TAKE YOU TO RECORD THIS DAY, THAT I AM PURE FROM THE BLOOD OF ALL MEN - a deeply solemn way of express...
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...
I AM PURE FROM THE BLOOD OF ALL MEN. — The image was a familiar one in the Apostle’s lips (Acts 18:6). It rested on the language of an older prophet (Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 3:20). He had acted on the t...
If we read διότι, critical note, we have a word which is not used by the other Evangelists, but three times in Luke's Gospel and five times in Acts; in each passage in Acts it is referred to Paul, Act...
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...
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] (f) pure from the blood of all [men]. (f) If you perish, yet there will fault with me. See Acts 18:6...
MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY 26, 27. Paul here certifies that he is _“pure from the blood of all men,”_ and gives as a reason because he did not _“shun to declare to them all the counsel of God.”_ Hence...
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...
− 26._Wherefore I take you to record. _It is all one as if he had said, I call you to witness, or I call you to bear witness before God and his angels. And this doth he not so much for his own cause,...
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...
WHEREFORE I TAKE YOU TO RECORD THIS DAY,.... This is a solemn appeal to the elders of the church at Ephesus, who knew his doctrine and manner of life for a considerable time among them: THAT I AM PUR...
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I _am_ pure from the blood of all _men_. Ver. 26. _I take you to record_] Happy is that man that can be acquitted by himself private, in public by others...
_I know that ye all_ Though you may have letters from me; _shall see my face no more_ He wisely observes this, that what follows might make the deeper impression. It is probable the apostle had receiv...
PURE FROM THE BLOOD; am not guilty, through unfaithfulness, of the destruction of any. Ministers, to be free from the guilt of being accessory to the ruin of men, must declare to them, as far as they...
Paul warned of coming affliction:...
WHEREFORE I TAKE YOU TO RECORD THIS DAY THAT I AM PURE FROM THE BLOOD OF ALL MEN....
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...
"Wherefore. testify unto you this day, that. am pure from the blood of all men": "My conscience is clear in regard to the fate of any of you" (TCNT). "Should any of you perish, the responsibility is n...
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...
I TAKE YOU TO RECORD; I testify and affirm unto you; and I dare appeal unto yourselves concerning it. I AM PURE FROM THE BLOOD OF ALL MEN; from the guilt of destroying their souls; none of them have p...
Acts 20:26 Therefore G1352 testify G3143 (G5736) you G5213 this G1722 G4594 day G2250 that G3754 I...
“For which reason I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I shrank not from declaring to you the whole counsel (or ‘will') of God.” And this is why he wants them to kn...
HE CONFIRMS THAT HE HAS FAITHFULLY PROCLAIMED THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD TO THEM AND HAS TAUGHT THEM ‘THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD, SO THAT THEY ARE FULLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HIS WAYS AND SAVING PURPOSES (20:...
PAUL'S ADDRESS TO THE ELDERS OF THE EPHESIAN CHURCH (20:17-38)....
Acts 20:26. WHEREFORE I TAKE YOU TO RECORD THIS DAY, THAT I AM PURE FROM THE BLOOD OF ALL MEN. The thought and language here was one familiar to Paul. He derived it from the well-known words of the pr...
_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...
I TESTIFY (μαρτυρομα). Elsewhere in the N.T. only in Paul's Epistles (Galatians 5:3; Ephesians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:12). It means "I call to witness" while μαρτυρεω means "I bear witness."This da...
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...
_And now … ye … shall see my face no more._ Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the blood of all men. MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY I. As deeply felt. Paul always felt it, but n...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:26 For Paul’s claim to be INNOCENT of their BLOOD, compare Ezekiel 33:1 and see note on...
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 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 7:2;...
This day [τ η σ η μ ε ρ ο ν η μ ε ρ α]. Very forcible. Lit., on today's day; this, our parting day....