Acts · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Acts 20 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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1 Αφού δε έπαυσεν ο θόρυβος, προσκαλέσας ο Παύλος τους μαθητάς και ασπασθείς, εξήλθε διά να υπάγη εις την Μακεδονίαν.
1 Y DESPUÉS que cesó el alboroto, llamando Pablo á los discípulos habiéndoles exhortado y abrazado, se despidió, y partió para ir á Macedonia.
1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
2 Και διαπεράσας τα μέρη εκείνα και προτρέψας αυτούς διά λόγων πολλών, ήλθεν εις την Ελλάδα·
2 Y andado que hubo aquellas partes, y exhortádoles con abundancia de palabra, vino á Grecia.
2 When he had gone through those parts and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
3 και αφού διέτριψε τρεις μήνας, επειδή έγεινε κατ' αυτού επιβουλή υπό των Ιουδαίων, ενώ έμελλε να αποπλεύση εις την Συρίαν, ενεκρίθη να επιστρέψη διά της Μακεδονίας.
3 Y después de haber estado allí tres meses, y habiendo de navegar á Siria, le fueron puestas asechanzas por los Judíos; y así tomó consejo de volverse por Macedonia.
3 When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
4 Συνηκολούθει δε αυτόν μέχρι της Ασίας Σώπατρος ο Βεροιαίος και εκ των Θεσσαλονικέων Αρίσταρχος και Σεκούνδος και Γάϊος ο εκ Δέρβης και ο Τιμόθεος, Ασιανοί δε ο Τυχικός και ο Τρόφιμος.
4 Y le acompañaron hasta Asia Sopater Bereense, y [los] Tesalonicenses, Aristarco y Segundo; y Gayo de Derbe, y Timoteo; y de Asia, Tychîco y Trófimo.
4 These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
5 Ούτοι ελθόντες πρότεροι περιέμενον ημάς εις την Τρωάδα·
5 Estos yendo delante, nos esperaron en Troas.
5 But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
6 ημείς δε εξεπλεύσαμεν από Φιλίππων μετά τας ημέρας των αζύμων και εις πέντε ημέρας ήλθομεν προς αυτούς εις την Τρωάδα, όπου διετρίψαμεν ημέρας επτά.
6 Y nosotros, pasados los días de los panes sin levadura, navegamos de Filipos y vinimos á ellos á Troas en cinco días, donde estuvimos siete días.
6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
7 Και τη πρώτη ημέρα της εβδομάδος ενώ οι μαθηταί ήσαν συνηγμένοι διά την κλάσιν του άρτου, ο Παύλος διελέγετο προς αυτούς, μέλλων να αναχωρήση τη επαύριον, και παρέτεινε τον λόγον μέχρι μεσονυκτίου.
7 Y el día primero de la semana, juntos los discípulos á partir el pan, Pablo les enseñaba, habiendo de partir al día siguiente: y alargó el discurso hasta la media noche.
7 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight.
8 Ήσαν δε λαμπάδες ικαναί εις το ανώγεον, όπου ήσαν συνηγμένοι.
8 Y había muchas lámparas en el aposento alto donde estaban juntos.
8 There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together.
9 Και νεανίας τις ονόματι Εύτυχος, καθήμενος επί του παραθύρου, κατεφέρετο εις ύπνον βαθύν, ενώ ο Παύλος διελέγετο εκτεταμένως, και κυριευθείς υπό του ύπνου έπεσε κάτω από του τρίτου πατώματος και εσήκωσαν αυτόν νεκρόν.
9 Y un mancebo llamado Eutichô que estaba sentado en la ventana, tomado de un sueño profundo, como Pablo disputaba largamente, postrado del sueño cayó del tercer piso abajo, y fué alzado muerto.
9 A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead.
10 Καταβάς δε ο Παύλος, έπεσεν επ' αυτόν και εναγκαλισθείς είπε· Μη θορυβείσθε· διότι η ψυχή αυτού είναι εν αυτώ.
10 Entonces descendió Pablo, y derribóse sobre él, y abrazándole, dijo: No os alborotéis, que su alma está en él.
10 Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.”
11 Αφού δε ανέβη και έκοψεν άρτον και εγεύθη και ώμίλησεν ικανώς μέχρι της αυγής· μετά ταύτα ανεχώρησε.
11 Después subiendo, y partiendo el pan, y gustando, habló largamente hasta el alba, y así partió.
11 When he had gone up, had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed.
12 Τον δε νέον έφεραν ζώντα και παρηγορήθησαν καθ' υπερβολήν.
12 Y llevaron al mozo vivo, y fueron consolados no poco.
12 They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.
13 Ημείς δε καταβάντες πρότεροι εις το πλοίον, απεπλεύσαμεν εις την Άσσον, μέλλοντες να αναλάβωμεν εκείθεν τον Παύλον· επειδή ούτως είχε διατάξει, μέλλων αυτός να υπάγη πεζός.
13 Y nosotros subiendo en el navío, navegamos á Assón, para recibir de allí á Pablo; pues así había determinado que debía él ir por tierra.
13 But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land.
14 Και καθώς συνήντησεν ημάς εις την Άσσον, αναλαβόντες αυτόν ήλθομεν εις Μιτυλήνην·
14 Y como se juntó con nosotros en Assón, tomándole vinimos á Mitilene.
14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and came to Mitylene.
15 και εκείθεν αποπλεύσαντες κατηντήσαμεν την επιούσαν αντικρύ Χίου· την δε άλλην εφθάσαμεν εις Σάμον, και μείναντες εν τω Τρωγυλλίω την ακόλουθον ημέραν ήλθομεν εις Μίλητον.
15 Y navegando de allí, al día siguiente llegamos delante de Chîo, y al otro día tomamos puerto en Samo: y habiendo reposado en Trogilio, al día siguiente llegamos á Mileto.
15 Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.
16 Διότι ο Παύλος έκρινε να παραπλεύση την Έφεσον, διά να μη συμβή εις αυτόν να χρονοτριβήση εν τη Ασία· διότι έσπευδεν, αν ήτο δυνατόν εις αυτόν, να ευρεθή την ημέραν της Πεντηκοστής εις Ιεροσόλυμα.
16 Porque Pablo se había propuesto pasar adelante de Efeso; por no detenerse en Asia: porque se apresuraba por hacer el día de Pentecostés, si le fuese posible, en Jerusalem.
16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
17 Πέμψας δε από της Μιλήτου εις Έφεσον, προσεκάλεσε τους πρεσβυτέρους της εκκλησίας.
17 Y enviando desde Mileto á Efeso, hizo llamar á los ancianos de la iglesia.
17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the assembly.
18 Και ότε ήλθον προς αυτόν, είπε προς αυτούς· Σεις εξεύρετε, από της πρώτης ημέρας αφ' ης επάτησα εις την Ασίαν, πως επέρασα μεθ' υμών όλον τον χρόνον,
18 Y cuando vinieron á él, les dijo: Vosotros sabéis cómo, desde el primer día que entré en Asia, he estado con vosotros por todo el tiempo,
18 When they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,
19 δουλεύων τον Κύριον μετά πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης και μετά πολλών δακρύων και πειρασμών, οίτινες μοι συνέβησαν εν ταις επιβουλαίς των Ιουδαίων,
19 Sirviendo al Señor con toda humildad, y con muchas lágrimas, y tentaciones que me han venido por las asechanzas de los Judíos:
19 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
20 ότι δεν υπέκρυψα ουδέν των συμφερόντων, ώστε να μη αναγγείλω αυτό προς εσάς και να σας διδάξω δημοσία και κατ' οίκους,
20 Cómo nada que fuese útil he rehuído de anunciaros y enseñaros, públicamente y por las casas,
20 how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
21 διαμαρτυρόμενος προς Ιουδαίους τε και Έλληνας την εις τον Θεόν μετάνοιαν και την πίστιν την εις τον Κύριον ημών Ιησούν Χριστόν.
21 Testificando á los Judíos y á los Gentiles arrepentimiento para con Dios, y la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo.
21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
22 Και τώρα ιδού, εγώ δεδεμένος τω πνεύματι υπάγω εις Ιερουσαλήμ, μη γνωρίζων τα μέλλοντα να συμβώσιν εις εμέ εν αυτή,
22 Y ahora, he aquí, ligado yo en espíritu, voy á Jerusalem, sin saber lo que allá me ha de acontecer:
22 Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
23 πλην ότι το Πνεύμα το Άγιον μαρτυρεί εν πάση πόλει λέγον, ότι δεσμά και θλίψεις με περιμένουσι.
23 Mas que el Espíritu Santo por todas las ciudades me da testimonio, diciendo que prisiones y tribulaciones me esperan.
23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
24 Δεν φροντίζω όμως περί ουδενός τούτων ουδέ έχω πολύτιμον την ζωήν μου, ως το να τελειώσω τον δρόμον μου μετά χαράς και την διακονίαν, την οποίαν έλαβον παρά του Κυρίου Ιησού, να διακηρύξω το ευαγγέλιον της χάριτος του Θεού.
24 Mas de ninguna cosa hago caso, ni estimo mi vida preciosa para mí mismo; solamente que acabe mi carrera con gozo, y el ministerio que recibí del Señor Jesús, para dar testimonio del evangelio de la gracia de Dios.
24 But these things don’t count; nor do I hold 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 fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
25 Και τώρα ιδού, εγώ εξεύρω ότι πλέον δεν θέλετε ιδεί το πρόσωπόν μου σεις πάντες, μεταξύ των οποίων διήλθον κηρύττων την βασιλείαν του Θεού.
25 Y ahora, he aquí, yo sé que ninguno de todos vosotros, por quien he pasado predicando el reino de Dios, verá más mi rostro.
25 “Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.
26 Όθεν μαρτύρομαι προς εσάς εν τη σήμερον ημέρα, ότι εγώ είμαι καθαρός από του αίματος πάντων·
26 Por tanto, yo os protesto el día de hoy, que yo soy limpio de la sangre de todos:
26 Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all men,
27 διότι δεν συνεστάλην να αναγγείλω προς εσάς πάσαν την βουλήν του Θεού.
27 Porque no he rehuído de anunciaros todo el consejo de Dios.
27 for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
28 Προσέχετε λοιπόν εις εαυτούς και εις όλον το ποίμνιον, εις το οποίον το Πνεύμα το Άγιον σας έθεσεν επισκόπους, διά να ποιμαίνητε την εκκλησίαν του Θεού, την οποίαν απέκτησε διά του ιδίου αυτού αίματος.
28 Por tanto mirad por vosotros, y por todo el rebaño en que el Espíritu Santo os ha puesto por obispos, para apacentar la iglesia del Señor, la cual ganó por su sangre.
28 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
29 Διότι εγώ εξεύρω τούτο, ότι μετά την αναχώρησίν μου θέλουσιν εισέλθει εις εσάς λύκοι βαρείς μη φειδόμενοι του ποιμνίου·
29 Porque yo sé que después de mi partida entrarán en [medio de] vosotros lobos rapaces, que no perdonarán al ganado;
29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 και εξ υμών αυτών θέλουσι σηκωθή άνθρωποι λαλούντες διεστραμμένα, διά να αποσπώσι τους μαθητάς οπίσω αυτών.
30 Y de vosotros mismos se levantarán hombres que hablen cosas perversas, para llevar discípulos tras sí.
30 Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
31 Διά τούτο αγρυπνείτε, ενθυμούμενοι ότι τρία έτη νύκτα και ημέραν δεν έπαυσα νουθετών μετά δακρύων ένα έκαστον.
31 Por tanto, velad, acordándoos que por tres años de noche y de día, no he cesado de amonestar con lágrimas á cada uno.
31 Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.
32 Και τώρα, αδελφοί, σας αφιερόνω εις τον Θεόν και εις τον λόγον της χάριτος αυτού, όστις δύναται να εποικοδομήση και να δώση εις εσάς κληρονομίαν μεταξύ πάντων των ηγιασμένων.
32 Y ahora, hermanos, os encomiendo á Dios, y á la palabra de su gracia: el cual es poderoso para sobreedificar, y daros heredad con todos los santificados.
32 Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33 Αργύριον ή χρυσίον ή ιμάτιον ουδενός επεθύμησα·
33 La plata, ó el oro, ó el vestido de nadie he codiciado.
33 I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.
34 σεις δε αυτοί εξεύρετε ότι εις τας χρείας μου και εις τους όντας μετ' εμού αι χείρες αύται υπηρέτησαν.
34 Antes vosotros sabéis que para lo que me ha sido necesario, y á los que están conmigo, estas manos me han servido.
34 You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.
35 Κατά πάντα υπέδειξα εις εσάς ότι ούτω κοπιάζοντες πρέπει να βοηθήτε τους ασθενείς και να ενθυμήσθε τους λόγους του Κυρίου Ιησού, ότι αυτός είπε· Μακάριον είναι να δίδη τις μάλλον παρά να λαμβάνη.
35 En todo os he enseñado que, trabajando así, es necesario sobrellevar á los enfermos, y tener presente las palabras del Señor Jesús, el cual dijo: Más bienaventurada cosa es dar que recibir.
35 In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
36 Και αφού είπε ταύτα, γονατίσας προσηυχήθη μετά πάντων αυτών.
36 Y como hubo dicho estas cosas, se puso de rodillas, y oró con todos ellos.
36 When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
37 Έγεινε δε πολύς κλαυθμός πάντων, και πεσόντες επί τον τράχηλον του Παύλου κατεφίλουν αυτόν,
37 Entonces hubo un gran lloro de todos: y echándose en el cuello de Pablo, le besaban,
37 They all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,
38 υπερλυπούμενοι μάλιστα διά τον λόγον τον οποίον είπεν, ότι δεν θέλουσιν ιδεί πλέον το πρόσωπον αυτού. Και προέπεμπον αυτόν εις το πλοίον.
38 Doliéndose en gran manera por la palabra que dijo, que no habían de ver más su rostro. Y le acompañaron al navío.
38 sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aristarchus
A Thessalonian who traveled with Paul, was seized in the Ephesus riot, sailed with him to Rome, and is called Paul's fellow prisoner.
Cited in the guide: Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2
Eutychus
A young man who fell asleep during Paul's long talk, fell from a third-story window, and was taken up dead; Paul embraced him and he was restored alive.
Cited in the guide: Acts 20:9
Gaius
Pyrrhus
Secundus
Sopater
A man from Berea, son of Pyrrhus, who accompanied Paul into Asia.
Cited in the guide: Acts 20:4
Trophimus
An Ephesian who accompanied Paul; Jews at Jerusalem falsely claimed Paul had brought him into the temple, and Paul later left him sick at Miletus.
Cited in the guide: Acts 20:4; Acts 21:29; 2 Timothy 4:20
Tychicus
A man from Asia who traveled with Paul; Paul calls him a beloved brother and faithful servant and sent him with letters to Ephesus, Colossae, and elsewhere.
Cited in the guide: Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7
Places
Antioch (Syrian)
The empire's third-largest city and the first major Gentile church — the launching base for Paul's journeys. (Distinct from Pisidian Antioch.)
Cited in the guide: Acts 11:26; Acts 13:1-3; Galatians 2:11
Caesarea Maritima
The Roman administrative capital of Judea. Peter brought the gospel to the Gentile Cornelius here, and Paul was imprisoned before appealing his case to Caesar.
Cited in the guide: Acts 10:1; Acts 23:23; Acts 25:11
Corinth
Corinth straddled the isthmus linking mainland Greece to the Peloponnese — a hub of commerce and immorality. Paul founded the church here; a Roman bema traditionally linked to his hearing before…
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1
Ephesus
The chief city of Roman Asia, famed for the temple of Artemis. Paul's long ministry sparked the silversmiths' riot; the city is also the first addressed in Revelation.
Cited in the guide: Acts 19:1; Acts 19:28; Revelation 2:1
Jerusalem
Set high in the Judean hills (~2,500 ft), Jerusalem was David's royal city, the site of the First and Second Temples, and the stage for Jesus' passion and the church's birth at Pentecost.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 5:6-9; Luke 19:41; Acts 1:8
Philippi
A Roman colony on the Via Egnatia and the site of Paul's first European converts — a beloved church to which he later wrote from prison.
Cited in the guide: Acts 16:12; Acts 16:25; Philippians 1:1
Miletus
Cross references (37)
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- 1 2 Corinthians 7:5; Acts 19:21; 1 Timothy 1:3; Genesis 48:10; Romans 16:16
- 2 1 Thessalonians 4:1; Colossians 1:28; 1 Thessalonians 2:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:11; Acts 20:11
- 3 Acts 20:19; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Acts 9:23–24; Acts 25:3; 2 Corinthians 7:5
- 4 Acts 19:29; Ephesians 6:21; 2 Timothy 4:20; Acts 16:1; Acts 21:29
- 5 Acts 16:8; 2 Corinthians 2:12; Acts 16:10–11; 2 Timothy 4:13; Acts 20:6–8
- 6 Acts 12:3; Exodus 12:14–15; Acts 16:12; Exodus 23:15; 2 Timothy 4:13
- 7 1 Corinthians 16:2; Acts 2:42; John 20:19; John 20:1; Revelation 1:10
- 8 Acts 1:13; Luke 22:12
- 9 Mark 13:36; Matthew 26:40–41; Mark 9:26; Jonah 1:5–6; Acts 14:19
- 10 Mark 5:39; John 11:40; Matthew 9:23–24; John 11:11; 1 Kings 17:21–22
- 11 Acts 20:7; Acts 20:9
- 12 2 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Isaiah 40:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:2
- 13 Mark 6:46; Mark 1:35; Mark 6:31–33
- 15 2 Timothy 4:20; Acts 20:17
- 16 1 Corinthians 16:8; Acts 2:1; Acts 19:21; Acts 20:6; Acts 18:21
- 17 1 Timothy 5:17; Acts 11:30; Titus 1:5; Acts 20:28; James 5:14
- 18 1 Thessalonians 1:5–6; Acts 19:1; Acts 18:19; Acts 19:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9
- 19 Colossians 3:24; 2 Corinthians 2:4; 2 Corinthians 4:7–11; Romans 12:11; Acts 20:3
- 20 Acts 20:27; 2 Timothy 4:2; Acts 5:42; Acts 20:31; Colossians 1:28
- 21 Acts 2:38; 1 John 5:11–13; Acts 11:18; Luke 13:3; Luke 24:47
- 22 James 4:14; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Luke 18:31–33; 2 Peter 1:14; Luke 9:51
- 23 Acts 9:16; Acts 21:4; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; Acts 14:22; Acts 21:33
- 24 2 Timothy 4:6–8; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Acts 21:13
- 25 Acts 28:31; Acts 20:38; Matthew 4:23; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 10:7
- 26 Acts 18:6; John 12:17; Ezekiel 3:18–21; Ezekiel 33:2–9; 1 Thessalonians 2:10–12
- 27 Acts 20:20; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Galatians 4:16; Jeremiah 23:22
- 28 1 Peter 5:2–3; 1 Timothy 4:16; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Isaiah 40:11; 1 Timothy 3:2
- 29 Matthew 7:15; 2 Peter 2:1; Luke 10:3; Acts 20:28; John 10:12
- 30 1 Timothy 1:19–20; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; Proverbs 23:33; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 19:1
- 31 Acts 19:8; Acts 19:10; Acts 20:19; Ezekiel 3:17–20; Hebrews 13:17
- 32 Colossians 1:12; Ephesians 1:14; Acts 26:18; Colossians 3:24; Ephesians 1:18
- 33 2 Corinthians 11:9; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 2 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:5
- 34 Acts 18:3; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9; Acts 19:22; 1 Thessalonians 2:9
- 35 Hebrews 13:16; Proverbs 19:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6–12; Luke 14:12–14; Matthew 10:8
- 36 Acts 21:5; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; Philippians 4:6; Daniel 6:10
- 37 2 Timothy 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 2 Corinthians 13:12; Luke 15:20; 1 Corinthians 16:20
- 38 Acts 15:3; Acts 20:25; 1 Corinthians 16:11; Acts 21:16; Acts 21:5
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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
There was need of much comforting after that uproar. Accordingly, having done this, he goes into Macedonia, and then into Greece. For, it says, "when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, and there abode three months.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
Moreover, ye were all distinguished by humility, and were in no respect puffed up with pride, but yielded obedience rather than extorted it, and were more willing to give than to receive. Content with the provision which God had made for you, and carefully attending to His words, ye were inwardly filled with His doctrine, and His sufferings were before …
Therefore also with regard to Paul, that he wept, that he did so three years night and day, both he hath said of himself, and others say this of him; but that he laughed, neither hath he said himself anywhere, neither hath so much as one other of the saints, either concerning him, or any other like him; but this …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
From this what perverse and impious dogmas have been imagined! What grievous wolves, tearing the flock of the Lord, have sprung from these words to cast themselves upon souls!
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
Declaring this, Paul said, "Without were fightings, within were fears;" and, "In perils among false brethren;" and in his discourse to the Milesians too He said, "Also of you shall some arise speaking perverse things;" and He Himself too said, "The man's foes shall be they of his own household." But when He said, "It must needs be," it is …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)