Acts 20:29
27 For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
28 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
30 Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
31 Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
- KJV
- For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
- WEB
- For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
- ASV
- I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
- DARBY
- [For] *I* know [this,] that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;
- BLB
- I have known that after my departure, grievous wolves will come in among you⁺, not sparing the flock,
- ÅB
- Jeg vet at etter min bortgang skal det komme glupende ulver inn blant dere, som ikke skåner flokken;
- OTB
- Jeg vet at etter at jeg drar, vil grusomme ulver komme inn blant dere og ikke spare flokken.
- B1930
- Jeg vet at efter min bortgang skal det komme glupende ulver inn blandt eder, som ikke skåner hjorden;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Read in context2 Peter 2:1
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Read in contextLuke 10:3
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Read in contextActs 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Read in contextJohn 10:12
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
Read in contextMatthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:2–3
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
Read in contextZechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
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