17Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
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Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. …
But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. …
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; …
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: …
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 Pau…
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