Act 20:34 | RWP | e4.org | Ye yourselves ( αυτο ). Intensive pronoun. Certainly they knew that the church in Ephesus had not supported Paul while there. These hands ( α χειρες αυτα ). Paul was not above manual labour. He pointed to his hands with pride as proof that he toiled at his trade of tent-making as at Thessalonica and Corinth for his own needs ( χρειαις ) and for those with him (probably Aquila and Priscilla) with whom he lived and probably Timothy because of his often infirmities ( ). Ministered ( υπηρετησαν ). First aorist active of υπηρετεω , to act as under rower, old verb, but in the N.T. only in ; ; . While in Ephesus Paul wrote to Corinth: "We toil, working with our own hands" ( ). "As he held them up, they saw a tongue of truth in every seam that marked them" (Furneaux).

‏ Acts 20:34

Ye yourselves ( αυτο ). Intensive pronoun. Certainly they knew that the church in Ephesus had not supported Paul while there.

These hands ( α χειρες αυτα ). Paul was not above manual labour. He pointed to his hands with pride as proof that he toiled at his trade of tent-making as at Thessalonica and Corinth for his own needs ( χρειαις ) and for those with him (probably Aquila and Priscilla) with whom he lived and probably Timothy because of his often infirmities (1Ti 5:23).

Ministered ( υπηρετησαν ). First aorist active of υπηρετεω, to act as under rower, old verb, but in the N.T. only in Ac 13:36; 20:34; 24:23. While in Ephesus Paul wrote to Corinth: "We toil, working with our own hands" (1Co 4:12). "As he held them up, they saw a tongue of truth in every seam that marked them" (Furneaux).