Acts 20:35

Ye ought to support the weak] 'The weak' are here, probably, the poor and the sick. The presbyters are exhorted to work with their hands (like St. Paul), that with their earnings they may support the sick and the poor. It is more blessed, etc.] It is strange that this beautiful saying is found in no Gospel. Similarly Aristotle says, 4 It belongs to virtue rather to confer than to receive a benefit.' On the contrary, Athenæus says, 'A giver is foolish: a receiver is fortunate.'

36-38. A striking example of the intense affection which the apostle's converts felt for him. If he had bitter enemies, he had also staunch friends.