Acts 20:17
From Miletus he sent men to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the church.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 11:30They did this; they sent money to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 15:4When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things that God had done with them.
Acts 15:23They wrote this: “From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings!
Acts 20:28Therefore be careful about yourselves, and about all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be careful to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. + 20:28 Instead of with his own blood , some ancient copies read, with the blood of his own Son .
Titus 1:5For this purpose I left you in Crete, that you might set in order things not yet complete and ordain elders in every city as I directed you.
1 Peter 5:1I am exhorting the elders among you, I, who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and am also one who will share in the glory that will 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 →