Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Serving the Lord—Jesus.
with all humility . . . and many tears and temptations—Self-exaltation was unknown to him, and ease of mind: He "sowed in tears," from anxieties both on account of the converts from whom he "travailed in birth," and of the Jews, whose bitter hostility was perpetually plotting against him, interrupting his work and endangering his life.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 20:19:
2 Corinthians 1:8-9
Ephesians 3:2
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