Acts Chapter 20 verse 29 Holy Bible
I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
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I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
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[For] *I* know [this,] that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;
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For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - I know for, for I know this, A.V. and T.R.; grievous wolves shall for shall grievous wolves, A.V. After my departure (ἄφιξιν, not ἀνάλυσιν, as 2 Timothy 4:6). The word, which is only found here in the New Testament, usually means "arrival" in classical Greek, but it also means, as here, "departure." It is not to be taken in the sense of "departure from this life," but refers to that separation, which he thought was forever, which was about to take place. Grievous wolves; still keeping up the metaphor of the flock. The wolves denote the false teachers, principally Judaizers. See 2 Timothy 3:1-12, and 13, "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." These came from Judaea.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) After my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you.--The figurative language followed naturally on the idea of the flock and of the shepherds who keep watch over it. It lies in the nature of the case that the wolf stands primarily for the open enemies of the flock, the persecutors of all ages. (Comp. John 10:12.) The wolves, however, might come in sheep's clothing (Matthew 7:15), and so the false prophets, the usurpers of authority, and leaders of parties within the Church, are also included in the term. Here this latter class is distinctly pointed out in the following verse. We find traces of the fulfilment of the prediction in the "turning away" of 2Timothy 1:15; the "fiery trial" of 1Peter 1:7; 1Peter 4:12; the suffering "as a Christian" of 1Peter 4:16. . . .
