Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 24:17

17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation , and offerings.

'Tis thought Fourteen years, which we find mentioned, Gal 2.1. And therefore the more unlike to have any seditious practices there, where he had so little acquaintance.

And he was so far from designing mischief to his Nation, that his Charity to them put him upon this Journey.

Which in his condescention to the Iews, and hoping to gain their good will, he brought according to the Law; as Chap. 21.26. For whilst Ierusalem and the Temple stood, those Offerings were in a sort permitted; but God in that general destruction of both City and Temple, put an end to them all.

Marginal references: Chap. 11.29, 30. Rom. 15.25. Gal. 2.10.