Acts 20:29
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I know that after my departure ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in the midst of her, are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood, and to destroy souls, and to run after gains through covetousness.

Ezekiel 34:8
As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my flocks have been made a spoil, and my sheep are become a prey to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd: for my shepherds did not seek after my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flocks:

Daniel 11:34
And when they shall have fallen, they shall be relieved with a small help: and many shall be joined to them deceitfully.

Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

John 21:15
When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs.

Acts 20:28
Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily:

Jude 1:18
Who told you that in the last time there should come mockers, walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses.

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I know that after my departure ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

wolves.

Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Luke 10:3 Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves.

John 10:12 But the hireling and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and flieth: and the wolf casteth and scattereth the sheep,

2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers who shall bring in sects of perdition and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

not.

Jeremiah 13:20 Lift up your eyes, and see, you that come from the north: where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?

Jeremiah 23:1 Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:2,3 Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds? . . .

Zechariah 11:17 O shepherd, and idol, that forsaketh the flock: the sword upon his arm and upon his right eye: his arm shall quite wither away, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Context
Paul's Farewell to the Ephesians
28Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29I know that after my departure ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30And of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.…
Lexicon
I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

know
οἶδα (oida)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

after
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

my
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

departure,
ἄφιξίν (aphixin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 867: Arrival, departure. From aphikneomai; properly, arrival, i.e. departure.

savage
βαρεῖς (bareis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 926: Heavy, weighty, burdensome, lit. and met; violent, oppressive. From the same as baros; weighty, i.e. burdensome, grave.

wolves
λύκοι (lykoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3074: A wolf, of perhaps a jackal; often applied to persons of wolfish proclivities. Perhaps akin to the base of leukos; a wolf.

will come in
εἰσελεύσονται (eiseleusontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

among
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

and will not spare
φειδόμενοι (pheidomenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5339: To spare, abstain, forbear. Of uncertain affinity; to be chary of, i.e. to abstain or to treat leniently.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

flock.
ποιμνίου (poimniou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4168: A little flock. Neuter of a presumed derivative of poimne; a flock, i.e. group.


Additional Translations
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

I know that after my departure, grievous wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock,

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

[For] I know [this,] that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;

I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

I know that, when I am gone, cruel wolves will come among you and will not spare the flock;

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,
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