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28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

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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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Footnotes

  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.”