Acts 20:1

When the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples; and, after speaking words of encouragement to them, he took his leave, and started for Macedonia.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.

In Context

2Passing through those districts he encouraged the disciples in frequent addresses, and then came into Greece, and spent three months there.

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Cross References

Acts 11:26He succeeded, and brought him to Antioch; and for a whole year they attended the meetings of the Church, and taught a large number of people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of `Christians.'

Acts 19:21When matters had reached this point, Paul decided in his own mind to travel through Macedonia and Greece, and go to Jerusalem. "After that," he said, "I must also see Rome."

Acts 20:10Paul, however, went down, threw himself upon him, and folding him in his arms said, "Do not be alarmed; his life is still in him."

Acts 21:5When, however, our time was up, we left and went on our way, all the disciples and their wives and children coming to see us off. Then, after kneeling down on the beach and praying,

1 Corinthians 16:5I shall come to you after passing through Macedonia; for my plan will be to pass through Macedonia;

Matthew Henry on Acts 20:1

In this chapter we have, I. Paul's travels up and down about Macedonia, Greece, and Asia, and his coming at length to Troas, ver. 1-6 . II. A particular account of his spending one Lord's day at Troas, and his raising Eutychus to life there, ver. 7-12 . III. His progress, or circuit, for the visiting of the churches he had planted, in his way towards Jerusalem, where he designed to be by the next feast of pentecost, ver. 13-16 . IV. The farewell sermon he preached to the presbyters at Ephesus, now that he was… Read the whole commentary →

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