Acts 20:17

And having sent from Miletus into Ephesus, he called for the elders of the church.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 by Ephesus, in order that it might not be necessary for him to spend the time in Asia: for he was hastening, if it might be possible for him to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

18And when they came to him, he said to them, You know, that from the first day from which I came unto Asia, how I was with you all the time,

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Cross References

Acts 11:30and this they did, sending to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 15:4And arriving into Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and the apostles, and the elders, and they proclaimed so many things as God did with them.

Acts 15:23having written through their hand; The apostles and elders, brethren to the brethren who are from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia greeting.

Acts 20:28Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

Titus 1:5Therefore I left you in Crete, in order that you may set in order remaining things, and establish elders in every city, as I commanded you;

1 Peter 5:1Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you:

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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