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18 And when they had come to him, he said to them: “You know, afrom the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you,  
19 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me aby the plotting of the Jews;  
20 how aI kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,  
21 atestifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, brepentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.  
22 And see, now aI go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,  
23 except that athe Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.  
24 But anone of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, bso that I may finish my race with joy, cand the ministry dwhich I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.  
25 “And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am ainnocent of the blood of all men.  
27 For I have not shunned to declare to you athe whole counsel of God.  
28 aTherefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit bhas made you overseers, to shepherd the church1 of God cwhich He purchased dwith His own blood.  
29 For I know this, that after my departure asavage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.  
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Acts 20:20

How that I shrank not (wv ouden upesteilamen). Still indirect discourse (question) after epistasqe (ye know) with wv like pwv in verse Acts 20:18. First aorist middle of upostellw, old verb to draw under or back. It was so used of drawing back or down sails on a ship and, as Paul had so recently been on the sea, that may be the metaphor here. But it is not necessarily so as the direct middle here makes good sense and is frequent, to withdraw oneself, to cower, to shrink, to conceal, to dissemble as in Habakkuk 2:4 (Hebrews 10:38). Demosthenes so used it to shrink from declaring out of fear for others. This open candour of Paul is supported by his Epistles (I Thessalonians 2:4, I Thessalonians 2:11; II Corinthians 4:2; Galatians 1:10).

From declaring unto you (tou mh anaggeilai umin). Ablative case of the articular first aorist active infinitive of anaggellw with the redundant negative after verbs of hindering, etc. (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1094).

Anything that was profitable (twn sumferontwn). Partitive genitive after ouden of the articular present active participle of sumferw, to bear together, be profitable.

Publicly (dhmosiai, adverb)

and from house to house (kai kat oikouv). By (according to) houses. It is worth noting that this greatest of preachers preached from house to house and did not make his visits merely social calls. He was doing kingdom business all the while as in the house of Aquila and Priscilla (I Corinthians 16:19).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 20:20:

Acts 14:22
Acts 16:37
Acts 20:23
Acts 20:27
2 Corinthians 2:4
Galatians 2:12
Hebrews 10:38
Revelation 2:1

 

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