Acts 20:3
And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
King James Version
In Context
2And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
Cross References
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Acts 9:23And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
Acts 18:18And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
Acts 20:19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Acts 23:12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
2 Corinthians 1:15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
Matthew Henry on Acts 20:2-7
Paul's Departure from Ephesus; Paul's Removal to Troas. 1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. 2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians,… Read the whole commentary →