Acts 20:17

Now from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he summoned the elders of the church.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

In Context

16For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, in order that it might not happen to him to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying, if it was possible for him to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. 1 The Ephesian Elders Exhorted

18And when they were present with him, he said to them: “You know from the first day which I arrived in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

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Cross References

Acts 11:30which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 15:4And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they declared all that God had done with them.

Acts 15:23Writing by their hand these things: The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia who are of the Gentiles: Greetings.

Acts 20:28Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of the Lord, and of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Titus 1:5For this reason I left you behind in Crete, so that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and you should appoint elders in every city as I commanded you:

1 Peter 5:1The elders who are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed;

Matthew Henry on Acts 20:14-17

Paul on a Voyage. 13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. 15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. 16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it… Read the whole commentary →

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