American Standard Version
Acts 20:35
35In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye 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.
Acts 20:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
- New International Version (NIV)In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
Context of Acts 20:35
33I coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel. 34Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye 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. 36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all. 37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,
Read all of Acts 20Acts 20:35 word by word
πάντα ὑπέδειξα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὕτως κοπιῶντας δεῖ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τῶν ἀσθενούντων, μνημονεύειν τε τῶν λόγων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν· μακάριόν ἐστιν μᾶλλον διδόναι ἢ λαμβάνειν.Read the interlinear
- thingsπᾶςpas · allG3956
- gaveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
- oughtδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
- helpἀντιλαμβάνωantilambanomai · to helpG482
- weakἀσθενέωastheneō · be weak: weakG770
- rememberμνημονεύωmnēmoneuō · to rememberG3421
- wordsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- moreμᾶλλονmallon · moreG3123
- receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
Cross-references for Acts 20:35
- Acts 20:20how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,
- Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
- Romans 15:1Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- 1 Corinthians 9:12If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 11:9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
- 2 Corinthians 12:13For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.
- Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
- Hebrews 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
- Hebrews 13:3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.
- Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
- Psalms 112:5Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
- Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
- Isaiah 32:8But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Commentaries on Acts 20:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35I have showed you all things - The preposition is to be understood before ; and the clause should be read thus - I have showed you In all things, etc. It is more blessed to give than to receive - That is, the giver is more happy than the receiver. Where, or on what occasion, our Lord spake these words we know not, as they do not exist in any of the four evangelists. But that our Lord did speak them, St. Paul's evidence is quite sufficient to prove. The…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35I have showed you - I have taught you by instruction and example. I have not merely discoursed about it, but have showed you how to do it. All things - Or, in respect to all things. In everything that respects preaching and the proper mode of life, I have for three years set you an example, illustrating the design, nature, and duties of the office by my own self-denials and toil. How that - Or, that - ̔́ hotiI have showed you that ye should by so laboring…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-38Verses 28-38 If the Holy Ghost has made ministers overseers of the flock, that is, shepherds, they must be true to their trust. Let them consider their Master's concern for the flock committed to their charge. It is the church He has purchased with his own blood. The blood was his as Man; yet so close is the union between the Divine and human nature, that it is there called the blood of God, for it was the blood of Him who is God. This put such dignity…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’: This saying of Jesus does not appear in the Gospels.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 32-3532-35. I commend you to God--the almighty Conservator of His people. and to the word of his grace--that message of His pure grace (Ac 20:24) by the faith of which He keeps us (1Pe 1:5). which--that is, God. is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance, &c.--Observe how salvation--not only in its initial stages of pardon and regeneration, but in all its subsequent stages of "up-building," even to its consummation in the final inheritance--is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 20
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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