Acts 20
Acts 20 is the twentieth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the Christian New Testament of the Bible. It records the third missionary journey of Paul the Apostle. The narrator and his companions ("we") play an active part in the developments in this chapter.[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.[2]
Acts 20
(AD 325–350)
Codex Vaticanus
(330–360)
Codex Sinaiticus
(~400)
Codex Bezae
(400–440)
Codex Alexandrinus
(~450; extant verses 11–38)
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
Macedonia
Greece
Syria
Berea
Asia (Roman province)
Thessalonica
Derbe
Philippi
Troas
Assos
Mitylene
Chios
Samos
Trogyllium
Miletus
Ephesus
Jerusalem
This chapter mentions the following places (in order of appearance):
"": One of Paul's travel companions, a Macedonian from Thessalonica who is known from some references in the Acts of the Apostles (19:29; 20:4; 27:2) and Colossians 4:10.[11]
Aristarchus
"": traveled with Paul on his third missionary journey (Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7; 1 Timothy 4:12; Titus 3:12).[12]
Tychicus
Tychicus and are called ασιανοι (Asianoi, "of Asia"), that is, natives of the Roman province of Asia. Making it still more definite, Trophimus is also termed an "Ephesian" and a "Gentile/Greek" in Acts 21.[13]
Trophimus
"Third story": this indicates a 'working-class insula or apartment block', not the atrium of a villa or town house.
[1]
"Take heed...unto yourselves": translated from the Greek phrase προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς, heautois), which is peculiar to Luke's writings (Luke 12:1; Luke 17:3; Luke 21:34).[24] Compare to 1 Timothy 3:2–7; 4:16; 6:11.[21]
prosechete
"Overseers": translated from the Greek word ἐπισκόπους, , which is usually also rendered as "bishops". Both "elders" and "bishops" have been originally and apostolically synonymous, that the distinction between these offices cannot be certainly traced until the second century, nor was it established until late in that century.[21]
episkopous
"To feed": translated from the Greek word ποιμαίνειν, ; the proper word for "tending" in relation to τὸ ποίμνιον (to poimnion), "the flock", as ποιμήν (poimen), the "pastor", or "shepherd".[24] A 'pastor' is 'to feed the flock' (of Christ cf. John 10:11, 16; John 21:17; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 5:2, 3). Peter applies the titles of "Shepherd and Bishop of souls" to the Lord Jesus (1 Peter 2:25). Paul does not use the metaphor elsewhere, except indirectly, and in a different aspect (1 Corinthians 9:7).[24]
poimainein
"Which he hath purchased": translated from the Greek phrase ἣν περιεποιήσατο, hēn periepoiēsato, "which He has acquired" for His possession (; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9) by His own blood (cf. 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Corinthians 7:23; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 1:19.[25]
Ephesians 1:14
"Church of God": translated from the Greek phrase ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, tou Theou.[24] Textus Receptus has τοῦ Θεοῦ, tou Theou, whereas many uncials have τοῦ Κυρίου, "of [the] Lord" but the phrase ἐκκλησία τοῦ Κυρίου occurs nowhere else in Paul's writings, while the phrase ἐκκλησία τοῦ Θεοῦ occurs ten times in Pauline epistles.[24] Both the Codex Vaticanus (B; 03) and the Codex Sinaiticus (א; 01), regarded as two oldest manuscripts, have Θεοῦ (Θυ), as well as the Latin Vulgate and the Syriac versions.[24] The early Church Fathers Ignatius (in his Epistle to the Ephesians) and Tertullian use the phrase, "the blood of God," which seems to have been derived from this passage.[24]
ekklēsian
Alexander, Loveday (2007). "62. Acts". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 1028–1061. ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
The Oxford Bible Commentary
Coogan, Michael David (2007). Coogan, Michael David; Brettler, Marc Zvi; Newsom, Carol Ann; Perkins, Pheme (eds.). (Augmented 3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195288810.
The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48
King James Bible - Wikisource
Acts 20
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