Acts 20:16

American Standard Version (1901)

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

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  • Acts 2:1 : 1 And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 Now after these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
  • 1 Cor 16:8 : 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost;
  • Exod 34:22 : 22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, [even] of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
  • Acts 20:6 : 6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we tarried seven days.
  • Acts 20:13 : 13 But we going before to the ship set sail for Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, intending himself to go by land.
  • Acts 20:22 : 22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
  • Acts 21:4 : 4 And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days: and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.
  • Acts 24:17 : 17 Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:
  • Rom 15:24-28 : 24 whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)-- 25 but now, I [say], I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints. 26 For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem. 27 Yea, it hath been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it [to them] also to minister unto them in carnal things. 28 When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you unto Spain.
  • Acts 12:13 : 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.
  • Acts 18:19 : 19 And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
  • Acts 18:21 : 21 but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

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  • Acts 20:13-15
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    13But we going before to the ship set sail for Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, intending himself to go by land.

    14And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

    15And sailing from thence, we came the following day over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus.

  • 1 Cor 16:7-8
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    7For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

    8But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost;

  • Acts 20:17-18
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    17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.

    18And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time,

  • Acts 18:19-22
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    19And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

    20And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

    21but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

    22And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch.

  • Acts 20:2-7
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    2And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.

    3And when he had spent three months [there], and a plot was laid against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

    4And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Beroea, [the son] of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

    5But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

    6And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we tarried seven days.

    7And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.

  • Acts 19:21-22
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    21Now after these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

    22And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

  • Acts 27:7-9
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    7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

    8and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

    9And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

  • Acts 21:1-4
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    1And when it came to pass that were parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course unto Cos, and the next day unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

    2and having found a ship crossing over unto Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.

    3And when we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed unto Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

    4And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days: and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.

  • Acts 16:10-12
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    10And when he had seen the vision, straightway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

    11Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

    12and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a [Roman] colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.

  • Acts 13:13
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    13Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 21:15
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    15And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

  • Acts 20:22
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    22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

  • Acts 19:1
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    1And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:

  • Acts 24:11
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    11Seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:

  • Acts 27:2
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    2And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail unto the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

  • Acts 17:14-16
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    14And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.

    15But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

    16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

  • Acts 25:6
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    6And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 27:12
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    12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter [there; which is] a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east.

  • Acts 21:7
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    7And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

  • Rom 15:23
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    23but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,

  • Acts 21:29
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    29For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • 1 Cor 16:12
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    12But as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren: and it was not all [his] will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity. [

  • Acts 25:4
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    4Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart [thither] shortly.

  • Acts 21:12-13
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    12And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

    13Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 20:38
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    38sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they should behold his face no more. And they brought him on his way unto the ship.