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Acts 20:28

NETBible	Watch out for¹ yourselves and for all the flock of which² the Holy Spirit has made you overseers,³ to shepherd the church of God⁴ that he obtained⁵ with the blood of his own Son.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Act 20:28	Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
NASB © biblegateway Act 20:28	"Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
NLT © biblegateway Act 20:28	"And now beware! Be sure that you feed and shepherd God’s flock––his church, purchased with his blood––over whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders.
MSG © biblegateway Act 20:28	"Now it's up to you. Be on your toes--both for yourselves and your congregation of sheep. The Holy Spirit has put you in charge of these people--God's people they are--to guard and protect them. God himself thought they were worth dying for.
BBE © SABDAweb Act 20:28	Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 20:28	Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 20:28	"Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
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KJV	Take heed <4337> (5720) therefore <3767> unto yourselves <1438>_, and <2532> to all <3956> the flock <4168>_, over <1722> the which <3739> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> hath made <5087> (5639) you <5209> overseers <1985>_, to feed <4165> (5721) the church <1577> of God <2316>_, which <3739> he hath purchased <4046> (5668) with <1223> his own <2398> blood <129>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 20:28	"Be on guard <4337> for yourselves <1438> and for all <3956> the flock <4168> , among <1722> which <3739> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> has made <5087> you overseers <1985> , to shepherd <4165> the church <1577> of God <2316> which <3739> He purchased <4046> with His own <2398> blood <129> .
NET [draft] ITL	Watch out <4337> for yourselves <1438> and <2532> for all <3956> the flock <4168> of which <3739> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> has made <5087> you <5209> overseers <1985> , to shepherd <4165> the church <1577> of God <2316> that <3739> he obtained <4046> with <1223> the blood <129> of his own <2398> Son.
GREEK	prosecete <4337> (5720) V-PAM-2P eautoiv <1438> F-3DPM kai <2532> CONJ panti <3956> A-DSN tw <3588> T-DSN poimniw <4168> N-DSN en <1722> PREP w <3739> R-DSN umav <5209> P-2AP to <3588> T-NSN pneuma <4151> N-NSN to <3588> T-NSN agion <40> A-NSN eyeto <5087> (5639) V-2AMI-3S episkopouv <1985> N-APM poimainein <4165> (5721) V-PAN thn <3588> T-ASF ekklhsian <1577> N-ASF tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM hn <3739> R-ASF periepoihsato <4046> (5668) V-AMI-3S dia <1223> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN aimatov <129> N-GSN tou <3588> T-GSM idiou <2398> A-GSM

NETBible

Watch out for¹ yourselves and for all the flock of which² the Holy Spirit has made you overseers,³ to shepherd the church of God⁴ that he obtained⁵ with the blood of his own Son.⁶

NET Notes

¹tn Or “Be on your guard for” (cf. v. 29). Paul completed his responsibility to the Ephesians with this warning.

²tn Grk “in which.”

³tn Or “guardians.” BDAG 379-80 s.v. ἐπίσκοπος 2 states, “The term was taken over in Christian communities in ref. to one who served as overseer or supervisor, with special interest in guarding the apostolic tradition…Ac 20:28.” This functional term describes the role of the elders (see v. 17). They were to guard and shepherd the congregation.

⁴tc The reading “of God” (τοῦ θεοῦ, tou qeou) is found in א B 614 1175 1505 al vg sy; other witnesses have “of the Lord” (τοῦ κυρίου, tou kuriou) here (so Ì⁷⁴ A C* D E Ψ 33 1739 al co), while the majority of the later minuscule mss conflate these two into “of the Lord and God” (τοῦ κυρίου καὶ [τοῦ] θεοῦ, tou kuriou kai [tou] qeou). Although the evidence is evenly balanced between the first two readings, τοῦ θεοῦ is decidedly superior on internal grounds. The final prepositional phrase of this verse, διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου (dia tou {aimato" tou idiou), could be rendered “through his own blood” or “through the blood of his own.” In the latter translation, the object that “own” modifies must be supplied (see tn below for discussion). But this would not be entirely clear to scribes; those who supposed that ἰδίου modified αἵματος would be prone to alter “God” to “Lord” to avoid the inference that God had blood. In a similar way, later scribes would be prone to conflate the two titles, thereby affirming the deity (with the construction τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ following the Granville Sharp rule and referring to a single person [see ExSyn 272, 276-77, 290]) and substitutionary atonement of Christ. For these reasons, τοῦ θεοῦ best explains the rise of the other readings and should be considered authentic.

⁵tn Or “acquired.”

⁶tn Or “with his own blood”; Grk “with the blood of his own.” The genitive construction could be taken in two ways: (1) as an attributive genitive (second attributive position) meaning “his own blood”; or (2) as a possessive genitive, “with the blood of his own.” In this case the referent is the Son, and the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. See further C. F. DeVine, “The Blood of God,” CBQ 9 (1947): 381-408.

⁶sn That he obtained with the blood of his own Son. This is one of only two explicit statements in Luke-Acts highlighting the substitutionary nature of Christ’s death (the other is in Luke 22:19).