And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,
18. Ye know. Paul, in this sermon, standeth principally upon this, that lie may exhort those pastors of Ephesus, “Quos Ephesi creaverat pastores,” those whom he had appointed pastors at Ephesus. by his own example, to do their duty faithfully. For that is the true kind of censure, and by this means is authority purchased to doctrine, when the teacher prescribeth nothing “In verbis,” verbally.
It should seem the ship Paul and his companions were embarked in for Jerusalem attended him on purpose, and staid or moved as he pleased; for when he came to Miletus, he went ashore, and tarried thee so long as to send for the elders of Ephesus to come to him thither; for if he had gone up to Ephesus, he could never have got away from them.
Commenting on Acts 20:17-35
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind,.... Meaning, in the ministration of the Gospel, being conscious to himself of his own weakness and insufficiency in himself for such service; no ways elated with those excellent and extraordinary gifts bestowed upon him; ascribing all his success to the power, grace, and Spirit of God; treating no man with contempt and disdain; nor lording it over...