Acts 24:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 24

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

¹⁷Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

Acts 24:17 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Acts 24:16 Acts 24:18 →

Original word meaning

— of 12

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 2:10
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
1 Corinthians 16:1-4
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. …
Romans 15:25-28
But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. …
2 Corinthians 8:1-4
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; …
Acts 11:29-30
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: …

Topics

Alms Beneficence Benevolence Charity Collection Decision Defense Giving

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-21)

We have here Paul’s defence of himself, in answer to Tertullus’s charge, and there appears in it a great deal of the spirit of wisdom and holiness, and an accomplishment of Christ’s promise to his followers that when they were before governors and kings, for his sake, it should be given them in that same hour what they should speak. Though Tertullus had said a great many provoking things, yet Paul…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. 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; 1Co 16:1-4; 2Co 8:1-4), throws a beautiful light on the truth of this History. (See Paley’s Horæ Paulinæ). and offerings--connected with his Jewish…