Acts 20:29 - Exposition

I know for, for I know this, A.V. and T.R.; grievous wolves shall for shall grievous wolves, A.V. After my departure ( ἄφιξιν , not ἀνάλυσιν , as 2 Timothy 4:6 ). The word, which is only found here in the New Testament, usually means "arrival" in classical Greek, but it also means, as here, "departure." It is not to be taken in the sense of "departure from this life," but refers to that separation, which he thought was forever, which was about to take place. Grievous wolves ; still keeping up the metaphor of the flock. The wolves denote the false teachers, principally Judaizers. See 2 Timothy 3:1-12 , and 2 Timothy 3:13 , "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." These came from Judaea.