Acts 20:29
27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one 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, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Read in context2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Read in contextLuke 10:3
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Read in contextActs 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Read in contextJohn 10:12
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Read in contextMatthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:2–3
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Read in contextZechariah 11:17
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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