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Acts 20:3

After he had spent three months there, a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to sail for Syria, so he decided to return through Macedonia.

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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

2When he had gone through those regions and had spoken many words of encouragement to them, he came to Greece.

4Accompanying him as far as Asia were Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus, both from the Thessalonian believers; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for blood, 1 let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason. 1

Acts 9:23After many days, the Jews planned together to kill him.

Acts 18:18Paul, after staying there for many more days, left the brothers and sailed for Syria with Priscilla and Aquila. Before he left the seaport, Cenchrea, he had his hair cut off because of a vow he had taken.

Acts 20:19I kept serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind and with tears, and in sufferings that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

Acts 23:12When it became day, some Jews formed a conspiracy and called a curse down upon themselves with an oath not to eat nor drink anything until they had killed Paul.

2 Corinthians 1:15Because I was confident about this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might receive the benefit of two visits.

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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