Acts 20:35

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

33When I stayed among you, I did not ask you to give me money or clothes. 34You yourselves know that I worked with my hands. I did that to get money. Then my friends and I could have the things that we needed. In this way I have shown you how you should live. You should work well so that you may help sick or weak people. You should remember what Jesus himself said: “It may make you happy when you receive things. But it makes you more happy when you give things to someone.” ’ 36Then Paul finished speaking. He went down on his knees together with the leaders of the believers. He prayed with them all. 37They all cried a lot, because Paul wanted to leave them. They hugged him and they kissed him to say ‘goodbye’.

Acts 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• I have shewedὑποδείκνυμιhupodeiknumi · to showG5263
• youσύsu · youG4771
• all thingsπᾶςpas · allG3956
• how thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• labouringκοπιάωkopiaō · to laborG2872
• ye oughtδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• to supportἀντιλαμβάνωantilambanomai · to helpG482
• the weakἀσθενέωastheneō · be weak: weakG770
• andτεte · and/bothG5037
• to rememberμνημονεύωmnēmoneuō · to rememberG3421
• the wordsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• It isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• moreμᾶλλονmallon · moreG3123
• blessedμακάριοςmakarios · blessedG3107
• to giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• thanἤē · orG2228
• to receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983

Cross-references for Acts 20:35

• Acts 20:20But I have not been afraid to teach God's message. I have taught you everything that would help you. I have done this outside for everyone to hear. I have also taught you in your own homes.
• Isaiah 35:3If your hands feel weak, now be strong! If your knees are shaking, now be brave!
• Romans 15:1Some of us trust God with strong faith. We must help those believers whose faith is weaker. We must be patient with them. We should not just do things that will make us happy ourselves.
• 1 Corinthians 9:12You agree to help other people who teach God's message to you. So surely we should receive even more help from you! But Barnabas and I have not used our authority to make you help us like that. Instead, we accept all these difficult things patiently. We want the good news about Christ to go everywhere. We do not want to do anything that might stop it.
• 2 Corinthians 11:9When I was there with you, I never made you help me. Even when I needed something, I did not cause trouble to anyone. Instead, the believers who came from Macedonia gave me everything that I needed. I was very careful never to cause you to have trouble. And I will continue to be careful like that.
• 2 Corinthians 12:13I worked among you in the same way as I did with the other churches. You were never less important to me than they are. The only difference is that I did not ask you to help me with money. So perhaps I should ask you to forgive me for that!
• Ephesians 4:28Any of you who robbed people before must now stop taking things. Instead, you should work hard with your own hands. Then you will be able to share what you have with people who are poor.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11Try very much to live at peace with other people. Work hard at your own job. We have already told you that you must do these things.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:14Friends, you must warn lazy people that they should work. If people are afraid, help them to be brave. If people are weak, take care of them. Be patient with everyone.
• Hebrews 12:12So be strong as servants of God! If your hands feel weak, lift them up! If your knees are not strong, stand up straight!
• Hebrews 13:3Remember to help those believers who are in prison. Think about what that would be like, if you were there with them. Remember those believers who are receiving trouble from people. Think about them as if you were receiving the same pain in your own body.
• Psalms 41:1If someone is kind to poor people, God blesses him. When he is in trouble, the Lord rescues him.
• Psalms 112:5People who are kind and lend money to others, and who work in an honest way, will enjoy a good life.
• Proverbs 19:17If you are kind to poor people, you are lending money to the Lord. He will pay back the debt to you.
• Isaiah 32:8But good people think of ways that they can be kind to others. They do the good things that they have decided to do.
• Isaiah 58:7Instead, share your food with hungry people. Give a place in your home to poor people who have no home. Give clothes to people who have nothing to wear. If people in your own family need help, do not refuse to help them.

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

Topics related to Acts 20:35

• Ephesus
• Example
• Fellowship
• Kindness
• Labor
• Liberality
• Miletus
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Poor
• Self-Denial

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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