Acts 24:17

Acts 24:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
• New International Version (NIV)“After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,

Context of Acts 24:17

15having [the same] hope in God which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of [the dead], both of the righteous and of the wicked. 16In view of this, I also do my best and strive always to have a clear conscience before God and before men. Now after several years I came [to Jerusalem] to bring to my people charitable contributions and offerings. 18They found me in the temple presenting these offerings, after I had undergone [the rites of] purification, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], 19who ought to have been here before you to present their charges, if they have anything against me.

Acts 24:17 word by word

δι᾽ ἐτῶν δὲ πλειόνων ἐλεημοσύνας ποιήσων εἰς τὸ ἔθνος μου παρεγενόμην καὶ προσφοράς,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• afterδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• manyπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• I cameπαραγίνομαιparaginomai · to comeG3854
• to bringποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• almsἐλεημοσύνηeleēmosunē · charityG1654
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• nationὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• nationἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• offeringsπροσφοράprosphora · offeringG4376

Cross-references for Acts 24:17

• Acts 11:29So the disciples decided to send a contribution, each according to his individual ability, to the believers who lived in Judea.
• Acts 20:16Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus so that he would not end up spending time [unnecessarily] in [the province of] Asia (modern Turkey); for he was in a hurry to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
• Romans 15:25But for now, I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints (Jewish believers).
• 1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the money collected for [the relief of] the saints [in Jerusalem], you are to do the same as I directed the churches of Galatia to do.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For you are recognizing [more clearly] the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [His astonishing kindness, His generosity, His gracious favor], that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich (abundantly blessed).
• Galatians 2:10They asked only [one thing], that we remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.
• Acts 21:26Then Paul took the [four] men, and the next day he purified himself along with them [by submitting to the ritual]. He went into the temple to give notice of [the time] when the days of purification [ending each vow] would be fulfilled and the usual offering could be presented on behalf of each one.

Commentaries on Acts 24:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Now, after many years, etc. - And as a full proof that I act according to the dictates of this Divine and beneficent creed, though I have been many years absent from my own country, and my political relation to it is almost necessarily dissolved, yet, far from coming to disturb the peace of society, or to injure any person, I have brought Alms to my nation, the fruits of my own earning and influence among a foreign people, and Offerings to my God and his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Now after many years - After many years‘ absence. Paul here commences a reply to the charge of Tentullus, that he had endeavored to profane the temple, Acts 24:6. He begins by saying that his design in coming up to Jerusalem was to bring to his countrymen needed aid in a time of distress. It would be absurd to suppose, therefore, that his object in coming was to violate the customs of the temple, and to defile it. I came to bring - See Acts 11:29-30…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-21Verses 10-21 Paul gives a just account of himself, which clears him from crime, and likewise shows the true reason of the violence against him. Let us never be driven from any good way by its having an ill name. It is very comfortable, in worshipping God, to look to him as the God of our fathers, and to set up no other rule of faith or practice but the Scriptures. This shows there will be a resurrection to a final judgment. Prophets and their doctrines…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17alms to my people: See study note on 20:1–2; also see Romans 15:25–29; 1 Corinthians 16:1–2; 2 Corinthians 9:1–7. to present offerings: See Acts 21:23–26.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Now after many--several years absence from Jerusalem--I came to bring alms to my of Macedonia and Greece, which he had taken such pains to gather. This only allusion in the Acts to what is dwelt upon so frequently in his own Epistles (Ro 15:25, 26; 1Co 16:1-4; 2Co 8:1-4), throws a beautiful light on the truth of this History. (See Paley's Horæ Paulinæ). and offerings--connected with his Jewish vow: see Ac 24:18.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 24:17

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Commentaries on Acts 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings