ACC ~ Acts 20 v24

DIFFICULTIES ENDURED FOR THE LORD. CHRYSOSTOM: Do not think that I am lamenting as I say this. “I do not consider my life so precious.” He says this to elevate their mind and to persuade them not only not to flee but to bear it nobly. For this reason he calls it “course” and “ministry”: “course,” or “race,” because of the glory; “ministry,” because of the obligation. I am a minister, he says; I have nothing more. HOMILIES ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 44.

I DO NOT VALUE MY LIFE AS MORE PRECIOUS THAN MYSELF. BEDE: By life, he means that temporal life in the body that he reckoned as least in value, since he looked forward to eternal joy in another life. COMMENTARY ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 20.24.