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28 Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for[a] this flock.[b] You must be shepherds to the church of God,[c] the people he bought with his own blood.[d]

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  1. Acts 20:28 gave … caring for Literally, “made you overseers of.”
  2. Acts 20:28 flock A flock is many sheep. Here, it means a group of God’s people who follow their leaders (elders) like sheep following a shepherd.
  3. Acts 20:28 of God Some Greek copies say, “of the Lord.”
  4. Acts 20:28 his own blood Or “the blood of his own Son.”

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