Acts 20:29 “I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you a…”

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

World English Bible

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

American Standard Version

I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

Geneva Bible 1599

For I knowe this, that after my departing shall grieuous wolues enter in among you, not sparing the flocke.

Darby Translation

[For] I know [this,] that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;

Young's Literal Translation

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

Bible in Basic English

I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

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Cross references

“wolves”

Matthew 7:15 2 Peter 2:1 Luke 10:3 John 10:12 Matthew 10:16 Zephaniah 3:3

Matthew 7:15 · BSB

Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

2 Peter 2:1 · BSB

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 o…

Luke 10:3 · BSB

Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

John 10:12 · BSB

The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

Matthew 10:16 · BSB

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Zephaniah 3:3 · BSB

Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

“not”

Jeremiah 23:1 Zechariah 11:17 Jeremiah 13:20 Ezekiel 34:2 Ezekiel 34:3

Jeremiah 23:1 · BSB

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

Zechariah 11:17 · BSB

Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”

Jeremiah 13:20 · BSB

Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

Ezekiel 34:2 · BSB

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

Ezekiel 34:3 · BSB

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

Also

Acts 20:28

Acts 20:28 · BSB

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

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