ACTS 20:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”
'I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock' — Paul's wolf-metaphor (lykos, wolf; harsh, fierce) signals false teachers' imminent arrival. The pastoral warning assumes post-apostolic dangers requiring vigilant eldership.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:29
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Acts 20:29 Again he engages (ἐ πιστρέφει) them from another quarter, from the things which should come after: as when he says, We wrestle not against flesh and blood. After my departing, he says, grievous wolves shall enter in among you Ephesians 6:12; twofold the evil, both that he himself would not be present, and that others would assail them. Then why depart, if you…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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