And from (c) Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
(c) According as the situation of these places is set forth, the distance between Ephesus and Miletus was almost 50 miles or 80 km.
Verse Acts 20:17. _HE SENT TO EPHESUS, AND CALLED THE ELDERS OF THE_ _CHURCH._] These are called επισκοποι, _bishops_, Acts 20:28. By the πρεσβυτεροι, _presbyters_ or _elders_, here, we are to unders...
HE SENT TO EPHESUS - Perhaps a distance of twenty or thirty miles. THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH - Who had been appointed while he was there to take charge of the church. See the notes on Acts 15:2....
CHAPTER 20 __ 1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1). 2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there (Acts 20:3). 3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13). 4. The farewell...
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS AT MILETUS. See Ramsay, art. Miletus in HDB, as to the difficulties of the journey at that period from Miletus to Ephesus; one had to sail to Priene and make fro...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church. When they were with him he said to them, "You yourselves know how, from the first day I came into Asia, I spent all the time,...
MILETUS. A city of great importance, as its remains show. SENT. having sent. Greek. _pempo._ App-174. EPHESUS. The time taken in summoning the elders was much less than he would have had to spend th...
Paul sends for the Elders from Ephesus, gives them his parting Charge and leaves Miletus 17. _And … Ephesus_ At Miletus the Apostle and his party must have tarried more than one day. It would take qu...
PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE, AND LEAVES MILETUS...
ἈΠῸ ΔῈ ΤΗ͂Σ ΜΙΛΉΤΟΥ, _and from Miletus_. At Miletus the Apostle and his party must have tarried more than one day. It would take quite that time to send his messenger and summon those whom he wished t...
_PAUL VISITED WITH THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS ACTS 20:17-38:_ Paul called for the Elders from the church at Ephesus to meet with him at Miletus. He reminded them that he had never tried to obtain the app...
ΠΈΜΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. (conymcme.)_ от ΠΈΜΠΩ (G3992) посылать, ΜΕΤΕΚΑΛΈΣΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.)_ orn ΜΕΤΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3333) звать к себе, призывать. Предложное сочетание передает идею перемены; то ест...
DISCOURSE: 1798 ST. PAUL’S APPEAL TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS Acts 20:17. And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye k...
IN MILETUS. Acts 20:16-38. a. Past Ephesus to Miletus. Acts 20:16-17. Acts 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if...
17. His desire to see the brethren in Ephesus was gratified, in part, by a short delay of the vessel in the harbor of Miletus. (17) "_But from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called for the elders of...
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. AND FROM MILETUS HE SENT TO EPHESUS, AND CALLED THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH. Since he was now some 40 miles south of Ephesus,...
38 After showing them that the men they had led to the theater were not guilty of any overt act against the temple or goddess he reminds them that there are legal means of redress for any wrong which...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corinth...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6 V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged them. Then he said good...
AND FROM MILETUS HE SENT TO EPHESUS, AND CALLED THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH. — We find, from Acts 20:28, that they were known also as _episcopi_ (“bishops,” or “overseers”), the two names being interchan...
Acts 20:7 CHAPTER 16 ST. PAUL AND THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. Acts 20:1; Acts 20:7; Acts 20:17;...
Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Μ. π.: Apparently the Apostle could reckon on a stay of some days at Miletus. If we take into account the landing, the despatching a messenger to Ephesus, and the summoning and journeying o...
A PARTING MESSAGE Acts 20:13 The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their company, and before parting delive...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
Meeting with the Elders from Ephesus The rest of the apostle's company travelled by ship to Assos, while he went on foot. He joined them in the ship at Assos and went on with them to Mitylene, then by...
_He called the ancients of the Church. We might translate the bishops, as the very same persons in the 28th verse are called bishops. (Witham)_...
From which he sends for the elders of the Ephesian Church, testifying to them the humility and fidelity with which he had served the Lord the three years of his ministry among them....
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. (18) And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
But let us return to the history of Paul. After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them, and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes into Greece. The beg...
AND FROM MILETUS HE SENT TO EPHESUS,.... Which is said, by some, to be about four hundred furlongs from Miletus, and, by others, ten German miles. AND CALLED THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH; that is, at Eph...
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. Ver. 17. _From Miletus_] A city of Asia, lower than Ephesus....
_And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus_ Though Paul's concern to be at Jerusalem by the feast of pentecost, prevented his going in person to visit the Christians at Ephesus, yet, as he was now only abou...
THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH; pastors and teachers. It has ever been the will of God that Christian churches should be supplied with pastors, who should preach to them the gospel, set them holy examples,...
AND FROM MILETUS HE SENT TO EPHESUS, AND CALLED THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH....
PAUL AND THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS. Paul addresses the elders of Ephesus:...
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
FROM MILETUS HE SENT TO EPHESUS AND CALLED FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH. 1. Paul sent to Ephesus and asked the elders to come see him. This was faster way to meet with them than to stop in Ephesus....
"And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church": Ephesus was 30 miles distance from Miletus, so assuming that it took one day for the messenger to arrive and one day...
17-27 The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man. Those who would in any office serve the Lord acceptably, and profitably to others, must do it with humility. He was a plain preache...
The governors and pastors of it; ELDERS being here a title not respecting their age, but their place; and they might be the twelve spoken of in ACTS 19:7....
17. His desire to see the brethren in Ephesus was gratified, in part, by a short delay of the vessel in the harbor of Miletus. (17) " But from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called for the elders of...
Acts 20:17 G1161 From G575 Miletus G3399 sent G3992 (G5660) to G1519 Ephesus G2181 called G3333 ...
PAUL'S ADDRESS TO THE ELDERS OF THE EPHESIAN CHURCH (20:17-38)....
‘And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.' Arriving in Miletus Paul then sent messengers to Ephesus to request the elders of the church there to meet him at Mil...
Acts 20:17. AND FROM MILETUS HE SENT TO EPHESUS, AND CALLED THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH. The elders or presbyters here summoned to hear the parting address of their old master, probably represented sever...
CALLED TO HIM (μετεκαλεσατο). Aorist middle (indirect) indicative of μετακαλεω, old verb to call from one place to another (μετα for "change"), middle to call to oneself, only in Acts in the N.T. (A...
CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Tim...
Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and _Secun...
ASKING THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO MEET HIM. We are not told about them before this, but it was Paul's custom to appoint elders in each church (Acts 14:23). Elders [church leaders] are also called she...
_And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the Church._ PAUL AT MILETUS I. The testimony of faithfulness. 1. Serving faithfully (Acts 20:19). (1) With humility (Rom 7:13; 1 Corin...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:17 Paul’s Miletus address is the only example in Acts 1:1 of a major speech to Christians. Of all Paul’s speeches in Ac
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:17. MILETUS.—Thirty-six miles south of Ephesus, and on the south-west of the Latmian Gulf. “Now a desolation: then an emporium of trade with four ports or docks crowded wit...
EXPOSITION ACTS 20:1 _Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MA...
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
1 Peter 5:1; 1 Timothy 5:17; 2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1; Acts 11:30;...
Having sent to Ephesus. About thirty miles. Elders. Called overseers or bishops in verse 28....
Sending to Ephesus, he called the elders of the Church — These are called bishops in Acts 20:28, (rendered overseers in our translation.) Perhaps elders and bishops were then the same; or no otherwise...
The foregoing verses acquainted us how very intent St. Paul was upon his journey to Jerusalem at the feast of Pentecost, he hoping then and there to have. precious opportunity for preaching Jesus Chri...