Acts 20:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which befell me through the plots of the Jews;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Serving the Lord with all humility in tears and in the midst of adversity (affliction and trials) which befell me, due to the plots of the Jews [against me];

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

Common English Bible

¹⁹ I served the Lord with great humility and with tears in the midst of trials that came upon me because of the Jews’ schemes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ serving the Lord, with all humility and despite the tears and trials which befell me from the treacheries of the Jews,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews;

Acts 20:19 Cross References

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of tears, because men do not keep thy law.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.

Jeremiah 9:1

O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Luke 19:41

And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it,

John 12:26

If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there too, stirring up and inciting the crowds.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

Acts 20:3

There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears.

Acts 21:27

When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, who had seen him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd, and laid hands on him,

Acts 27:23

For this very night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

Romans 1:9

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers,

Romans 12:11

Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God,

2 Corinthians 7:5

For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

Ephesians 6:7

rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men,

Philippians 3:18

For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Colossians 3:24

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you are serving the Lord Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

2 Timothy 1:4

As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials,

1 Peter 1:6

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

Revelation 7:15

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night within his temple; and he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence.