Acts 20:28
What is written? (ESV)
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
What does it say?
Watch out for yourselves and the entire church. The Holy Spirit made you caretakers of the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Son.
What is its immediate context?
Paul is meeting with the elders of the church in Ephesus on the beach before boarding a ship back to Jerusalem. He is returning from his third missionary journey and does not expect he will see them again.
How Acts 20:28 is applied across Bible answers
How is Christ’s church defined in the Bible?
The church [of God] was obtained by the shedding of God's (through His Son, Jesus) blood.
What are the qualifications for church elder?
In Paul's meeting with the elders at Ephesus, he charges them to guard "the flock" over which they are "overseers" and "shepherds".
His concern is regarding "fierce wolves" (vs 29) who will come in "speaking twisted things" (vs 30).
What is Christ’s church called?
Paul refers specifically to the congregation meeting in Ephesus as the "church of God."
What is the organization of the church?
The elders at the church in Ephesus were to care for themselves and their flock (the local church).
