ACTS 20:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.”
'So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears' — The three-year Ephesus pastorate's intensive warning (nouthetesai, to admonish) establishes precedent; tears accompany urgency. Continuity of vigilant teaching is required.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:31
How then? What comfort shall there be? Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. Acts 20:31 See how many strong expressions are here: with tears, and night and day, and every one. For it was not that if he saw many, then he came in (to the work), but even were it for a single soul, he was capable of doing everything (for that one soul). So it was, in fact, that he compacted them together…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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