Acts 20:32 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 20:32

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

BSB

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ASV

And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.

KJV

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ammonius of Alexandria

CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 20.32 (300)

He demonstrates obscurely and secretly that the Father, who is God, and his Son Jesus, the God-Word, are one. He does not speak in the plural "to those capable," but with a unifying name he indicates the singular being of both by saying "to the …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I commend you to God - Instead of τῳ Θεῳ, to God, several MSS. have τῳ Κυριῳ, to the Lord; neither reading makes any difference in the sense. And to the word of his grace - The doctrine of salvation by Christ Jesus. Which is able to build you up - The foundation is Jesus Christ; God is the great master-builder; the doctrine of his grace, or mercy, points out the order and manner, as well as the extent, etc., of this building. Let us observe the order of these things: -

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Eph 3:20; particularly Jude 24; and compare 2Ti 1:12, where the same thing is ascribed to Christ. among all them which are sanctified--Sanctification is here viewed as the final character and condition of the heirs of glory, regarded as one saved company.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
νῦν	nun	now	G3568 →
παρατίθεμαι	paratithemai	I commit	G3908 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
θεῷ	theō	to God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
λόγῳ	logō	word	G3056 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
χάριτος	charitos	grace	G5485 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him,	G846 →
τῷ	tō	who	G3588 →
δυναμένῳ	dunamenō	is being able	G1410 →
οἰκοδομῆσαι	oikodomēsai	to build [it]	G3618 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δοῦναι	dounai	to give	G1325 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
κληρονομίαν	klēronomian	inheritance	G2817 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	those	G3588 →
ἡγιασμένοις	hēgiasmenois	sanctified	G37 →
πᾶσιν.	pasin	all.	G3956 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 1:18
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
leads to
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
  For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 24:45
  Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- Ephesians 1:7
  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Through
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
leads to
- Ephesians 1:18
  I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Through
Ephesians 1:14
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:22
  placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
- 2 Corinthians 5:5
  And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Acts

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Acts