Acts 20:19
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 20
“Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:”Acts 20:19
What Does Acts 20:19 Mean?
Acts 20:19 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 20, verse 19 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Humility, Servanthood, Courage, Repentance, Doubt, Patience, Suffering, Mission, Discipleship, and Compassion.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 20:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ephesians 4:2“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”Romans 12:11“Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”Colossians 3:24“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”2 Corinthians 2:4“For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.”Acts 20:3“And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.”2 Corinthians 4:7“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”Jeremiah 13:17“But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.”Acts 14:19“And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.”Acts 20:31“Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.”2 Corinthians 3:5“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;”2 Corinthians 7:5“For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.”2 Corinthians 12:7“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.”Psalms 131:1“Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.”2 Corinthians 11:23“Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.”2 Corinthians 11:26“In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;”Galatians 1:10“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”Ephesians 6:7“With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:”Philippians 3:18“(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:”James 1:2“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;”Psalms 119:136“Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.”
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