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Act 20:35. Πάντα-ὄτι) i.e. I have showed you, as all things, so also this, that, etc. If I had not showed you this, I should not have showed you all things.-ὑπέδειξα, I have shown) by actual example.-ὑμῖν, you) the bishops. He admonishes these by his own example, courteously, without precept. Therefore in Act 20:33 he does not say, the silver, etc., of none of you, which was evident of itself (without needing that he should say so); but of no man, viz. of no one even of my hearers.-τῶν ἀσθενούντων, the weak) viz. in the faith, 1Co 9:6; 1Co 9:22.-μνημονεύειν, to remember) accompanied with actual obedience.-τοῦ λόγου, the saying) So the ancient MSS., and with them the Latin Vulg. It is a reading midway between the extremes. Others read τὸν λόγον. Most read τῶν λόγων, which reading has arisen from the alliteration to the preceding τῶν. Joh 15:20, μνημονεύετε τοῦ λόγου.-αὐτὸς) Himself.-εἶπε, said) Without a doubt the disciples kept in memory many sayings of JESUS, which are not to be read in our Scriptures in the present day.-μακάριον) blessed, divine. To give, is to imitate the blessed God, and to have recompense, Luk 14:14.-δίδοναι, to give) A specimen of the Divine giving occurs at Act 20:32.-λαμβάνειν) to receive, although in a lawful way. The sentiment of the world is the very reverse, as expressed by an old poet in Athenæus, lib. viii. ch. 5, in the following Senarian Iambics:-
Δημοσθένης τάλαντα πεντηκοντʼ ἔχει·
Μακάριος, εἴπερ μεταδίδωσι μηδενί.
Καὶ Μετροκλῆς εἴληφε χρύσιον πολύ.
Ἀνόητος ὁ διδοὺς, εὐτυχὴς δʼ ὁ λαμβάνων.