Acts 20:17

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, Rav Sha'ul summoned the Ziknei HaKehillah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16For Rav Sha'ul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so he would not have to spend time in + 20:16 the Province of Asia, for he was hurrying in order that, if possible, he might by Shavu'os go up to Yerushalayim.

18And when they came to him, he said to them, You have da'as from the yom harishon in which I set foot in Asia how I was with you the entire time,

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Cross References

Acts 11:30Which also they did, having sent to the Ziknei HaKehillot by the hand of Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul.

Acts 15:4And having come to Yerushalayim, they were there received by Moshiachʼs Kehillah and the Moshiachʼs Shlichim and the Zekenim, and they reported what things Hashem had done with them.

Acts 15:23With the following iggeret: From the Achim b'Moshiach, Moshiachʼs Shlichim and the Zekenim: to the Achim b'Moshiach throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, to those from among the Nations, Shalom!

Acts 20:28Pay attention to yourselves and to all the Eder Hashem (flock of G-d) in which the Ruach Hakodesh has placed you as mashgichim ruchaniyim (spiritual overseers) to do the work of ro'im (shepherds) over the Kehillah of Hashem which Adoneinu purchased for the Geulah with his own dahm. + 20:28 kapporah

Titus 1:5For this reason I left you in Crete that you should set beseder (according to acceptable order) what remains and give messianic s'michah to Zekenim + 1:5 Ex 12:21 city by city, as I directed you.

1 Peter 5:1Therefore, I give this word of chozek to the Zekenim (Elders) + 5:1 See Ex 12:21 among you, I, as a fellow Zaken (Elder) and as an Eidus (Witness) of the sevalot (sufferings) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and also as a partaker of the Kavod about to be unveiled:

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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