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Acts 24:17

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After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:

KJV

Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

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This verse in Acts 24

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Retractions on Acts · Written before 735.

However, after many years, I came to my nation to give alms and make offerings and vows. Alms pertain to those things which he had brought for the use of the saints, of which he makes frequent mention in his Epistles; offerings and vows, however, …

This site's exposition

to bring alms to my nation

on Acts 24:17-19

Paul's stated purpose in coming to Jerusalem was alms and offerings, the collection for the Jerusalem church he had gathered from the Gentile congregations across Macedonia and Achaia (Romans 15:25-27; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4), an act of Jewish and Gentile unity conspicuously absent from the charges against him. He was found purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult, the opposite of the riotous scene Tertullus described, and his true accusers, certain Jews from Asia, are pointedly absent from this courtroom. Roman legal procedure required an accuser to face the accused, and Paul's observation, who ought to have been here before thee, quietly exposes a case built on secondhand report.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 50 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. In which they found me purified in the temple, not with multitude, neither with tumult. Why then camest thou up? What brought thee hither? To worship, says he; to do alms. This was not the act of a factious person. And for the cause of his going up, I came, he says, to bring alms to my nation and offerings. How then should I have troubled those, for the bringing offerings to whom I had come so long a journey? Neither with multitude, nor with tumult. Everywhere he does away the charge of sedition.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Now after many years,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Now after many years - After many years’ absence. Paul here commences a reply to the charge of Tentullus, that he had endeavored to profane the temple, Act 24:6. He begins by saying that his design in coming up to Jerusalem was to bring to his countrymen needed aid in a time of distress. It would be absurd to suppose, therefore, that his object in coming was to violate the customs of the temple, and to defile it. I came to bring - See Act 11:29-30; compare the notes on Rom 15:25-26. Alms - Charities; the gift of the churches.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Now after many--several years absence from Jerusalem--I came to bring alms to my of Macedonia and Greece, which he had taken such pains to gather. This only allusion in the Acts to what is dwelt upon so frequently in his own Epistles (Ro 15:25, 26;

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Now, after many years, etc. - And as a full proof that I act according to the dictates of this Divine and beneficent creed, though I have been many years absent from my own country, and my political relation to it is almost necessarily dissolved, yet, far from coming to disturb the peace of society, or to injure any person, I have brought Alms to my nation, the fruits of my own earning and influence among a foreign people, and Offerings to my God and his temple, proving hereby my attachment to my country, and my reverence for the worship of my country’s God.

The words behind it

13 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Galatians 2:10They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.8 worksRomans 15:25Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.8 works2 Corinthians 8:4they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.6 works1 Corinthians 16:1–4Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:5 works2 Corinthians 8:1–4Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.4 worksActs 11:29–30So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Corinthians 8:9For 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.3 works2 Corinthians 9:12For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.3 worksActs 20:16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.3 worksRomans 15:31Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,3 works2 Corinthians 9:1–2Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.3 worksIsaiah 60:5Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.3 worksMatthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.3 worksActs 21:26So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.2 worksActs 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.2 worksZephaniah 3:10From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.2 worksActs 24:11You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.2 worksActs 24:26At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Galatians 2:10

    They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 13:16

      And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

    • 1 John 3:17

      If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

    • 2 Corinthians 8:1–9

      Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

    • 1 Corinthians 16:1–2

      Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:

    • Romans 15:25–27

      Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.

About Acts

The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Acts: the study guide →Read Acts 24 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Retractions on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 50; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and William Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.

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