Vincent Word Studies - Acts 20:28 - 20:28

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Vincent Word Studies - Acts 20:28 - 20:28


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To yourselves and to all the flock

To yourselves first, that you may duly care for the flock. Compare 1Ti 4:16.

Overseers (ἐπισκόπους)

Denoting the official function of the elders, but not in the later ecclesiastical sense of bishops, as implying an order distinct from presbyters or elders. The two terms are synonymous. The elders, by virtue of their office, were overseers.

To feed (ποιμαίνειν)

See on Mat 2:6. The word embraces more than feeding; signifying all that is included in the office of a shepherd: tending, or shepherding.

Purchased (περιεποιήσατο)

Only here and 1Ti 3:13. See on peculiar people, 1Pe 2:9. The verb means, originally, to make (ποιέω) to remain over and above (περί): hence to keep or save for one's self; to compass or acquire.