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Acts 20:34 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 34. 34Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
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Role in This Section
Appeals to their knowledge of Paul's labor supporting himself and companions.
Read It With
- Acts 20:32–20:38
Read Acts 20:34 with 20:32–20:38. In isolation, this contribution—appeals to their knowledge of Paul's labor supporting himself and companions—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Paul entrusts the elders to God and the word of grace, denies coveting wealth, points to his own labor and aid to the weak, cites Jesus on giving, kneels in prayer, and shares a tearful farewell.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 20:32–20:38 — Grace, work, generosity, prayer, and grief close the farewellSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 20:32–20:38, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 20:32-20:38
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