Acts 20:16

World English Bible (2000)

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 in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

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  • Acts 2:1 : 1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined 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 stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
  • Exod 34:22 : 22 "You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.
  • Acts 20:6 : 6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
  • Acts 20:13 : 13 But we who went ahead to the ship set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land.
  • Acts 20:22 : 22 Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
  • Acts 21:4 : 4 Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 24:17 : 17 Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;
  • Rom 15:24-28 : 24 whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while. 25 But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints. 26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem. 27 Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things. 28 When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.
  • Acts 12:13 : 13 When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
  • Acts 18:19 : 19 He 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 must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 20:13-15
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    13 But we who went ahead to the ship set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land.

    14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene.

    15 Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.

  • 1 Cor 16:7-8
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    7 For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.

    8 But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,

  • Acts 20:17-18
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    17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

    18 When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,

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

    20 When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;

    21 but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.

    22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.

  • Acts 20:2-7
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    2 When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.

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

    4 These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

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

    6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.

    7 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

  • Acts 19:21-22
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    21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined 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."

    22 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

  • Acts 27:7-9
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    7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

    8 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

    9 When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

  • Acts 21:1-4
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    1 When it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

    2 Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.

    3 When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo.

    4 Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 16:10-12
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    10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

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

    12 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

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

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

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

  • Acts 20:22
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    22 Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;

  • Acts 19:1
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    1 It happened 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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    11 seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 27:2
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    2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to 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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    14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.

    15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.

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

  • Acts 25:6
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    6 When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 27:12
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    12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.

  • Acts 21:7
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    7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.

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

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

  • Acts 21:19
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    19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • 1 Cor 16:12
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    12 Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.

  • Acts 25:4
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    4 However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.

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

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

  • Acts 20:38
    68%

    38 sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.