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The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:22-24

Acts 20:22-24And now, behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem.The future(New Year’s sermon):--The text presents the future as something--I. We are Bound to face. Paul was under the pressure of no bodily compulsion, yet he had to go.1. All men are under this necessity.(1) Many would like to stand still--like children who would have their holidays last forever.(2) Others would like to go back--to repair mistakes. Embrace lost opportunities, etc.(3) But this is now impossible. The law of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:24

Acts 20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself.Paul’s devotedness to his workWe note here--I. Calm determination.1. As to himself. He is greatly concerned as to the conduct of his own life. He has a great work to perform, and he is most anxious that nothing should mar it, or reflect discreditably upon the great purpose of the gospel. He looks well to the end, but is vigilant all along the road. To finish as he would desire he must keep his loins well... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:25-27

Acts 20:25-27And now … ye … shall see my face no more.Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the blood of all men. Ministerial responsibilityI. As deeply felt. Paul always felt it, but never more so than now, in addressing his audience for the last time. Every Sunday there are ministers who preach their last sermons, but they do not know it. If they knew it, how overwhelmed they would be with the sense of their responsibility. They would feel--It is the last time,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:28-31

Acts 20:28-31Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock.Take heedI. To yourselves. To your--1. Doctrine.2. Walk.II. To the flock. To its--1. Divine dignity.2. Human infirmity.III. To the wolves. Those who--1. Threaten without.2. Look within its fold. (W. W. Wythe.)Take heedThe logic and the theology of the sentence are equally good. The first care of the spiritual shepherd is for himself, the next for the flock. In some parts they paint garden walls black, that they may absorb... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:32

Acts 20:32And now, brethren, I commend you to God.St. Paul’s last advice to the Ephesian elders; or, a minister’s last counsel to his peopleI. The apostle’s commendation.1. The term “commend” is not unfrequently employed when we speak of any person in the way of praise or approbation; but this clearly is not the meaning of the word in this place. The apostle employs it to signify committing or entrusting, as when we commit any thing or person to another’s care; and perhaps in the sense of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:32-36

Acts 20:32-36I have coveted no man’s silver.Honest labour“Two men,” says Carlyle,” I honour, and no third. First, the toil-worn craftsman, that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the Earth and makes her man’s. Venerable to me is the hard hand, crooked, coarse, wherein notwithstanding lies a cunning virtue indefeasibly royal, as of the sceptre of this planet. The second man I honour, and still more highly, is he who is toiling for the spiritually indispensable--not to say daily... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:35

Acts 20:35Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.The blessedness of doing goodI. That these words represent the character of our Lord. He was devoted to all the offices of humanity and good nature. The two general habits which filled the whole intenseness of His soul were unaffected piety towards God and charity to mankind. He had not any one affection in the blessed frame of His mind but what was Divinely exercised in constant acts of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:37-38

Acts 20:37-38And they all wept sore … sorrowing most of all … that they should see his face no more. Paul’s farewellI. The tears of the noble servants of God.1. A painful tax of human weakness, which even the best have to pay in--(1) External trials.(2) Internal temptations.2. A precious ornament of holy souls from which shines forth the faithfulness which follows the Lord in suffering, and the love which weeps over the misery of the world.3. A fruitful seed for the beautiful harvest of joy,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 20:20

20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you , but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Ver. 20. With many tears ] He went weeping from house to house, beseeching them to be reconciled to God, persuading them, as knowing the terror of the Lord, 2 Corinthians 5:10 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 20:21

21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 21. Testifying ] Not barely preaching, but vehemently pressing (as matters of greatest importance). Repentance towards God ] Not a desperate repentance (as was that of Judas), that drives men from God, but such as draws them towards him, and brings them before him, submitting to his justice, and imploring his mercy, as at the meet at Mizpeh,1 Samuel 7:5; 1 Samuel 7:5 . ... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:22-24

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:24

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:25-27

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:28-31

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:32

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:32-36

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:35

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 20:37-38

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 20:20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 20:21

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