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Acts 20:3

where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,

4Paul was accompanied into the province of Asia by Sopater from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

Acts 9:23After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

Acts 18:18Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

Acts 20:19I served the Lord with great humility and with many tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

Acts 23:12When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

2 Corinthians 1:15Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

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 →

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