Ye yourselves know (υμεις επιστασθε). Pronoun expressed and emphatic. He appeals to their personal knowledge of his life in Ephesu…

And when they were come to him. The discourse that follows is one of the most tender, affectionate, and eloquent that can be found anywher…

You know, from the first day that I came into Asia...—No discourse recorded in the Acts is so full of living personal interest. Saint Luke…

Paul’s address to the Ephesian elders begins with an apologia that closely parallels 1 Thessalonians 2:1–12. As at Thessalonica, eviden…

You know. Paul, in this sermon, focuses principally on this: exhorting those pastors of Ephesus, by his own example, to do their duty fait…

And when they were come to him
That is, when the elders or pastors of the church at Ephesus were come to the apostle…

The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man. Those who would serve the Lord acceptably in any office, and profitably to others, mu…