Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 20:19

19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

In his Apostleship or publick Ministry; of which, if any ever could, he might have gloried: yet in this Office he clothes himself with humility, as the most becoming garment for a Minister of Jesus Christ; tho so high, yet so low. We need not cry (as one did, tho Ironically), Fie St. Paul, but fie upon all such as pretend to succeed in his dignity, and do not at all imitate him in his humility.

He shed tears of compassion over the ignorant and blind, hard and perverse. It grieved him to see how large a Dominion the God of this World had, and what a little part was left for his dear Lord and Master Christ Jesus.

Afflictions and troubles which befell him for Christ[illegible: 1 letter] and the Gospel's sake; which are so called, Iames 1.2. 1 Pet. 1.6.