Acts 20:34 KJV

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • ye, yourselves more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Their farewellIf the Holy Ghost has made ministers overseers of the flock, that is, shepherds, they must be true to their trust. Let them consider their Master's concern...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Acts 18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
  • Acts 19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: …

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Topics

  • Ephesus Paul visits and preaches in
  • Industry Paul
  • Miletus And sends to Ephesus for the elders of the congregation, and addresses them at
  • Minister, Christian Say good-bye to the congregation
  • Paul Declares he was going bound in spirit to Jerusalem; exhorts them to take heed to themselves and the flock over whom the Holy Spirit had...

Timeline

Greek and Strong’s

  • Yea δὲ de δέ Conjunction
  • ye yourselves Αὐτοὶ Autoi αὐτός Pronoun · second person, nominative masculine plural
  • know γινώσκετε ginōskete γινώσκω Verb · present active indicative, second person plural
  • that ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
  • these αὗται hautai οὗτος Article · nominative feminine plural
  • hands αἱ hai Article · nominative feminine plural χεῖρες cheires χείρ Noun · nominative feminine plural
  • have ministered ὑπηρέτησαν hypēretēsan ὑπηρετέω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person plural
  • unto my μου mou Pronoun · first person, genitive singular μοῦ moû
  • necessities ταῖς tais Article · dative feminine plural χρείαις chreiais χρεία Noun · dative feminine plural
  • and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
  • to them that were τοῖς tois Pronoun · dative masculine plural οὖσιν ousin Verb · present active participle, dative masculine plural ὤν ṓn
  • with μετʼ met’ μετά Preposition
  • me ἐμοῦ emou Pronoun · first person, genitive singular ἐμοῦ emoû

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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