King James Version
Acts 20:34 in the King James Version says “Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.”
Acts 20:34 · KJV
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“ye yourselves”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“know”
G1097to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
“necessities”
G5532employment, i.e., an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“with”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“hands”
G5495the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by hebraism) a means or instrument)
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