Text -- Acts 20:35 (NET)

20:35 By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 20:35

¹ sn The expression By all these things means “In everything I did.”

² tn Or “must assist.”

³ tn Or “the sick.” See Eph 4:28.

⁴ sn The saying is similar to Matt 10:8. Service and generosity should be abundant. Interestingly, these exact words are not found in the gospels. Paul must have known of this saying from some other source.