Acts 20:3
And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.
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2And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
Acts 9:23Then, after some days, the Jews made an agreement together to put him to death:
Acts 18:18And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.
Acts 20:19Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:
Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.
2 Corinthians 1:15And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;
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 →