Acts 20:23 — Meaning and Application

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“Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. {abide me: or, wait for me}”

Acts 20:23

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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. {abide me: or, wait for me}

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

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Acts 20:1

"And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto {him} the disciples, and embraced {them}, and departed for to go into Macedonia."

Acts 20:2

"And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,"

Acts 20:3

"And {there} abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia."

Acts 20:4

"And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus."

Acts 20:5

"These going before tarried for us at Troas."

Acts 20:6

"And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days."

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