The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 20:23

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Testifieth unto me for witnesseth, A.V. and T.R. The Holy Ghost, speaking by the prophets in the different Church assemblies, as the apostle journeyed from city to city. We have one instance of such prophesying recorded in Acts 21:10, Acts 21:11.

The instances to which St. Paul here alluded were not mentioned in Luke's brief narrative.

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