Acts 24:17
15 and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
16 In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
18 At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
19 who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
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
- After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
- KJV
- Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
- WEB
- Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;
- ASV
- Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:
- DARBY
- And after a lapse of many years I arrived, bringing alms to my nation, and offerings.
- BLB
- Now after many years, I arrived to bring alms to my nation, and offerings,
- ÅB
- Da nå flere år var gått, kom jeg for å føre milde gaver til mitt folk og for å ofre,
- OTB
- Etter flere år kom jeg for å bringe veldedige gaver til mitt folk og for å frembære ofre.
- B1930
- Da nu flere år var gått, kom jeg for å føre milde gaver til mitt folk og for å ofre,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 2:10
They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
Read in contextRomans 15:25–28
Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:1–4
Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:1–4
Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
Read in contextActs 11:29–30
So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Read in contextRomans 15:31
Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:12
For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
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