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 hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust. 16Herein do I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men alway. Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings: 18amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but there were certain Jews from Asia— 19who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.

Acts 24:17 word by word

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

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• cameπαραγίνομαιparaginomai · to comeG3854
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• bringποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• almsἐλεημοσύνηeleēmosunē · charityG1654
• nationἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• offeringsπροσφοράprosphora · offeringG4376

Cross-references for Acts 24:17

• Acts 11:29And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judaea:
• Acts 20:16For 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 at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
• Romans 15:25but now, I say, I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints.
• 1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
• Galatians 2:10only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
• Acts 21:26Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them went into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

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

• Alms
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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