Acts 20:17

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of the Pentecost.

18and when they were come to him, he said to them, “You know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how I was with you at all times;

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Cross References

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

Acts 15:4And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders; they also declared as many things as God did with them;

Acts 15:23having written through their hand thus: “The apostles, and the elders, and the brothers, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brothers, who [are] of the nations, greeting;

Acts 20:28Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the Assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

Titus 1:5For this cause I left you in Crete, that you may arrange the things lacking, and may set elders down in every city, as I appointed to you,

1 Peter 5:1Elders who [are] among you, I exhort [you], [as] a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a partaker of the glory about to 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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