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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/acts/20.htm">New International Version</a> Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/nlt/acts/20.htm">New Living Translation</a> Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following. <a href="/esv/acts/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/bsb/acts/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/blb/acts/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and out from your own selves, men will rise up, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/kjv/acts/20.htm">King James Bible</a> Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/nkjv/acts/20.htm">New King James Version</a> Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. <a href="/nasb_/acts/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/nasb/acts/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/nasb77/acts/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/lsb/acts/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/amp/acts/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers]. <a href="/csb/acts/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them. <a href="/hcsb/acts/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them. <a href="/asv/acts/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/cev/acts/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Some of your own people will tell lies to win over the Lord's followers. <a href="/erv/acts/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/gwt/acts/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Some of your own men will come forward and say things that distort the truth. They will do this to lure disciples into following them. <a href="/gnt/acts/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> The time will come when some men from your own group will tell lies to lead the believers away after them. <a href="/isv/acts/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> Indeed, some of your own men will arise and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them. <a href="/msb/acts/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/net/acts/20.htm">NET Bible</a> Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them. <a href="/nheb/acts/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/wbt/acts/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Also from your own selves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/wey/acts/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and that from among your own selves men will rise up who will seek with their perverse talk to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/web/acts/20.htm">World English Bible</a> Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and there will arise men of your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/blb/acts/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and out from your own selves, men will rise up, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/ylt/acts/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/slt/acts/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And of yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to tear away disciples after them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/cpdv/acts/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And from among yourselves, men will rise up, speaking perverse things in order to entice disciples after them. <a href="/nabre/acts/20.htm">New American Bible</a> And from your own group, men will come forward perverting the truth to draw the disciples away after them. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Also from among yourselves, men shall arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/20.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And even some of you and your own men will arise, speaking perversions so as to turn the disciples to go after them.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/20.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and men will arise from among yourselves, speaking perverse things, that they may draw off disciples after them. <a href="/godbey/acts/20.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and men from you yourselves will rise up, speaking perverse things, in order to lead away disciples after them. <a href="/haweis/acts/20.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Yea, from among yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverting doctrines, to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/mace/acts/20.htm">Mace New Testament</a> nay, among your own body some will start up to vent their intricate conceits, and draw a number of followers. <a href="/wey/acts/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and that from among your own selves men will rise up who will seek with their perverse talk to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/worrell/acts/20.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and from among yourselves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. <a href="/worsley/acts/20.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And from among yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/parallel/acts/20-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=6858" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/20.htm">Paul's Farewell to the Ephesians</a> …29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Even</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your own</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">number,</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435: andres (N-NMP) -- A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.">men</a> <a href="/greek/450.htm" title="450: anastēsontai (V-FIM-3P) -- To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.">will rise up</a> <a href="/greek/1294.htm" title="1294: diestrammena (V-RPM/P-ANP) -- To pervert, corrupt, oppose, distort. From dia and strepho; to distort, i.e. misinterpret, or corrupt.">and distort</a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: lalountes (V-PPA-NMP) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.">the truth</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/645.htm" title="645: apospan (V-PNA) -- From apo and spao; to drag forth, i.e. unsheathe, or relatively retire.">to draw away</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3101.htm" title="3101: mathētas (N-AMP) -- A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.">disciples</a> <a href="/greek/3694.htm" title="3694: opisō (Prep) -- Behind, after; back, backwards. From the same as opisthen with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. Aback.">after</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heautōn (RefPro-GM3P) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">them.</a> 31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a> For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. <a href="/1_john/2-18.htm">1 John 2:18-19</a> Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. / They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a> For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a> For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions. <a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-9</a> I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— / which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. / But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! ... <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a> For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. <a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17-18</a> Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. / For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a> Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. <a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/13-1.htm">Ezekiel 13:1-3</a> Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD! / This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. <a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Deuteronomy 13:1-3</a> If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, / and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” / you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul. <a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a> This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths: <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Isaiah 9:15-16</a> The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. / For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.of your.<a href="/matthew/26-21.htm">Matthew 26:21-25</a> And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me… <a href="/1_timothy/1-19.htm">1 Timothy 1:19,20</a> Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: … <a href="/2_timothy/2-17.htm">2 Timothy 2:17,18</a> And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; … speaking.<a href="/proverbs/19-1.htm">Proverbs 19:1</a> Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.<a href="/proverbs/23-33.htm">Proverbs 23:33</a> Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.<a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Isaiah 59:3</a> For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.to draw.<a href="/acts/5-36.htm">Acts 5:36,37</a> For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought… <a href="/acts/21-38.htm">Acts 21:38</a> Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?<a href="/matthew/23-15.htm">Matthew 23:15</a> Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/12-7.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Disciples</a> <a href="/micah/3-9.htm">Distort</a> <a href="/john/21-6.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Order</a> <a href="/acts/2-40.htm">Perverse</a> <a href="/acts/17-3.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/acts/19-39.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/luke/21-30.htm">Selves</a> <a href="/acts/20-1.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/acts/20-20.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/acts/20-27.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/acts/20-21.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/acts/18-14.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/22-10.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/acts/21-4.htm">Disciples</a> <a href="/galatians/1-7.htm">Distort</a> <a href="/galatians/2-12.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/acts/22-24.htm">Order</a> <a href="/philippians/2-15.htm">Perverse</a> <a href="/acts/22-10.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/acts/25-11.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/romans/1-27.htm">Selves</a> <a href="/acts/22-2.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/acts/21-7.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/acts/20-31.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/acts/21-24.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/acts/26-18.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/acts/24-20.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/acts/20-34.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 20</div>1. <a href="/acts/20-1.htm">Paul goes to Macedonia, and thence to Troas.</a> 7. <a href="/acts/20-7.htm">He celebrates the Lord's supper, and preaches.</a> 9. <a href="/acts/20-9.htm">Eutychus having fallen down dead is raised to life.</a> 13. <a href="/acts/20-13.htm">Paul continues his travels;</a> 17. <a href="/acts/20-17.htm">and at Miletum he calls the elders together, tells them what shall befall to himself,</a> 28. <a href="/acts/20-28.htm">commits God's flock to them,</a> 29. <a href="/acts/20-29.htm">warns them of false teachers,</a> 32. <a href="/acts/20-32.htm">commends them to God,</a> 36. <a href="/acts/20-36.htm">prays with them, and departs.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/20.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/20.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Even from your own number This phrase highlights the internal threat to the early Christian community. The Apostle Paul is addressing the Ephesian elders, warning them that false teachers will emerge from within their own ranks. This reflects a common theme in the New Testament, where internal challenges often pose significant threats to the church (see <a href="/2_peter/2.htm">2 Peter 2:1 and 1</a> <a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19</a>). The early church faced numerous heresies and divisions, such as Gnosticism and Judaizers, which often originated from within the community itself.men will rise up The phrase indicates a proactive and deliberate action by individuals who seek to gain influence. This rising up suggests ambition and a desire for power or recognition, which can lead to division and strife within the church. Historically, the early church had to contend with various leaders who sought to establish their own teachings and authority, often leading to schisms. This is a warning against pride and the desire for personal gain, which can corrupt spiritual leadership.and distort the truth Distorting the truth involves altering or misrepresenting the core teachings of Christianity. This was a significant issue in the early church, as seen in Paul's letters to the Galatians and Corinthians, where he addresses false teachings and misunderstandings of the gospel. The truth of the gospel is central to Christian faith, and any distortion can lead believers astray. This phrase underscores the importance of sound doctrine and the need for vigilance against false teachings.to draw away disciples after them The ultimate goal of these false teachers is to create their own following, diverting believers from the true teachings of Christ. This reflects a self-centered motivation, contrasting with the selfless nature of true Christian leadership. The early church had to guard against such divisive influences, as seen in Paul's letters and the pastoral epistles, which emphasize the need for unity and adherence to apostolic teaching. This phrase serves as a caution against those who prioritize personal agendas over the well-being of the church community.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The speaker in this passage, Paul is addressing the elders of the church in Ephesus. He is warning them about future challenges they will face. 2. <a href="/topical/e/ephesian_elders.htm">Ephesian Elders</a> The leaders of the church in Ephesus, who are being warned by Paul about the potential for false teachings to arise from within their own ranks. 3. <a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a> A major city in Asia Minor, known for its significant Christian community and as a center of early Christian evangelism. 4. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals who will arise from within the church community, distorting the truth for personal gain or influence. 5. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> Followers of Christ who are at risk of being led astray by false teachings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_false_teachings.htm">Guard Against False Teachings</a> Believers must be vigilant and discerning, aware that false teachings can arise even from within the church community. <a href="/topical/i/importance_of_sound_doctrine.htm">Importance of Sound Doctrine</a> Emphasize the need for a strong foundation in biblical truth to recognize and resist distortions of the gospel. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_church_leadership.htm">Role of Church Leadership</a> Church leaders have a responsibility to protect their congregations from false teachings and to uphold the truth of Scripture. <a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a> Each believer should be committed to studying the Bible and seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit to discern truth from error. <a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a> Encourage open dialogue and accountability within the church community to address and correct false teachings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 20</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_asylum_seekers.htm">What defines a toxic cult?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_jose_luis_de_jesus_miranda.htm">Who was Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda and his teachings?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_churches_stray_from_their_mission.htm">Why do churches deviate from their original gospel mission?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_one_act_bar_moses_from_canaan.htm">Numbers 20:12 - Why would a single act of disobedience prevent Moses and Aaron from entering the Promised Land, despite their lifelong dedication?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(30) Of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things.--The Pastoral Epistles, 2 Peter and Jude, supply but too abundant evidence of the clearness of the Apostle's prevision. Hymenaeus and Alexander and Philetus, saying that the resurrection was past already (<a href="/1_timothy/1-20.htm" title="Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.">1Timothy 1:20</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/2-17.htm" title="And their word will eat as does a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;">2Timothy 2:17</a>); evil men and seducers becoming worse and worse (<a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm" title="But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.">2Timothy 3:13</a>); resisting the faith, as Jannes and Jambres had resisted Moses (<a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm" title="Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.">2Timothy 3:8</a>); false prophets, bringing in damnable heresies and denying the Lord that bought them (<a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm" title="But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privately shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.">2Peter 2:1</a>); these were part of the rank aftergrowth of the apostolic age, of which St. Paul saw even now the germs. It adds to the pathos of this parting to think that men such as Hymenaeus and Philetus may have been actually present, listening to the Apostle's warnings, and warned by him in vain.To draw away disciples after them.--Better, to draw away the disciples--those who had previously been disciples of Christ and His Apostles. This was at once the motive and the result of the work of the false teachers. The note of heresy was that it was essentially self-asserting and schismatical. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 30. - And from among for also of, A.V.; the disciples for disciples, A.V. From among your own selves; as opposed to the strangers from Judaea in the preceding verse. So <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3</a>, "The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears" (see, as instances, <a href="/2_timothy/2-17.htm">2 Timothy 2:17, 18</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/4-14.htm">2 Timothy 4:14</a>). Speaking perverse things. So <a href="/2_timothy/4-4.htm">2 Timothy 4:4</a>, "They shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." To draw away the disciples, etc.; i.e. to induce Christians to leave the communion and doctrine of the Church, and join their heresy. The A.V., "to draw away disciples," is manifestly wrong; τοὺς μαθητὰς are Christ's disciples. For the general statement, see <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">2 Timothy 3:6</a>, "They which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women;" and comp. <a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17, 18</a>, which, according to Renan, was addressed to the Ephesians. For the rise of false teachers in Asia, see <a href="/1_timothy/1-3.htm">1 Timothy 1:3, 20</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-7</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/6-20.htm">1 Timothy 6:20, 21</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/1-15.htm">2 Timothy 1:15</a>; <a href="/1_john/2-26.htm">1 John 2:26</a>; <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1, 3, 5</a>; and through the whole Epistle; <a href="/revelation/2-1.htm">Revelation 2:1-7</a>. <a href="/commentaries/acts/20-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Even καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. from ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. your own ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. number, αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. men ἄνδρες (andres) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_435.htm">Strong's 435: </a> A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man. will rise up ἀναστήσονται (anastēsontai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_450.htm">Strong's 450: </a> To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up. [and] distort διεστραμμένα (diestrammena) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1294.htm">Strong's 1294: </a> To pervert, corrupt, oppose, distort. From dia and strepho; to distort, i.e. misinterpret, or corrupt. [the truth] λαλοῦντες (lalountes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's 2980: </a> A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. to draw away ἀποσπᾶν (apospan) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_645.htm">Strong's 645: </a> From apo and spao; to drag forth, i.e. unsheathe, or relatively retire. disciples μαθητὰς (mathētas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3101.htm">Strong's 3101: </a> A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil. after ὀπίσω (opisō) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3694.htm">Strong's 3694: </a> Behind, after; back, backwards. From the same as opisthen with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. Aback. them. ἑαυτῶν (heautōn) Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/20-30.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 20:30 Men will arise from among your own (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/20-29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 20:29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 20:29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/20-31.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 20:31"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 20:31" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>