Acts 20:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he hasted, if it were possible for him, on the day of the Pentecost to be at Jerusalem.

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  • Acts 2:1 : 1 And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place,
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in the Spirit, having gone through Macedonia and Achaia, to go on to Jerusalem, saying -- `After my being there, it behoveth me also to see Rome;'
  • 1 Cor 16:8 : 8 and I will remain in Ephesus till the Pentecost,
  • Exod 34:22 : 22 `And a feast of weeks thou dost observe for thyself; first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the feast of in-gathering, at the revolution of the year.
  • Acts 20:6 : 6 and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
  • Acts 20:13 : 13 And we having gone before unto the ship, did sail to Assos, thence intending to take in Paul, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go on foot;
  • Acts 20:22 : 22 `And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,
  • Acts 21:4 : 4 And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;
  • Acts 24:17 : 17 `And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,
  • Rom 15:24-28 : 24 when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled. 25 And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints; 26 for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who `are' in Jerusalem; 27 for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them. 28 This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;
  • Acts 12:13 : 13 And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,
  • Acts 18:19 : 19 and he came down to Ephesus, and did leave them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue did reason with the Jews:
  • Acts 18:21 : 21 but took leave of them, saying, `It behoveth me by all means the coming feast to keep at Jerusalem, and again I will return unto you -- God willing.' And he sailed from Ephesus,

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  • Acts 20:13-15
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    80%

    13And we having gone before unto the ship, did sail to Assos, thence intending to take in Paul, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go on foot;

    14and when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,

    15and thence having sailed, on the morrow we came over-against Chios, and the next day we arrived at Samos, and having remained in Trogyllium, on the following day we came to Miletus,

  • 1 Cor 16:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7for I do not wish to see you now in the passing, but I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord may permit;

    8and I will remain in Ephesus till the Pentecost,

  • Acts 20:17-18
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    76%

    17And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

    18and when they were come unto him, he said to them, `Ye -- ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;

  • Acts 18:19-22
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    19and he came down to Ephesus, and did leave them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue did reason with the Jews:

    20and they having requested `him' to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

    21but took leave of them, saying, `It behoveth me by all means the coming feast to keep at Jerusalem, and again I will return unto you -- God willing.' And he sailed from Ephesus,

    22and having come down to Cesarea, having gone up, and having saluted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.

  • Acts 20:2-7
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    2and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;

    3having made also three months' `stay' -- a counsel of the Jews having been against him -- being about to set forth to Syria, there came `to him' a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

    4And there were accompanying him unto Asia, Sopater of Berea, and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of Asiatics Tychicus and Trophimus;

    5these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,

    6and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

    7And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

  • Acts 19:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in the Spirit, having gone through Macedonia and Achaia, to go on to Jerusalem, saying -- `After my being there, it behoveth me also to see Rome;'

    22and having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him -- Timotheus and Erastus -- he himself stayed a time in Asia.

  • Acts 27:7-9
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    73%

    7and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

    8and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city `of' Lasaea.

    9And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous -- because of the fast also being already past -- Paul was admonishing,

  • Acts 21:1-4
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    1And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding `day' to Rhodes, and thence to Patara,

    2and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,

    3and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading.

    4And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;

  • Acts 16:10-12
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    10and when he saw the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go forth to Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord hath called us to preach good news to them,

    11having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,

    12thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia -- a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,

  • Acts 13:13
    71%

    13And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,

  • Acts 21:15
    70%

    15And after these days, having taken `our' vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,

  • 2 Cor 1:16
    70%

    16and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.

  • Acts 20:22
    70%

    22`And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,

  • Acts 19:1
    70%

    1And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

  • Acts 24:11
    70%

    11thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,

  • Acts 27:2
    69%

    2and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,

  • Acts 17:14-16
    3 verses
    69%

    14and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining there.

    15And those conducting Paul, brought him unto Athens, and having received a command unto Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come unto him, they departed;

    16and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,

  • Acts 25:6
    69%

    6and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat upon the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought;

  • Acts 27:12
    69%

    12and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, `there' to winter, `which is' a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,

  • Acts 21:7
    69%

    7And we, having finished the course, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them;

  • Rom 15:23
    69%

    23and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

  • Acts 21:29
    68%

    29for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.

  • Acts 21:19
    68%

    19and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,

  • 1 Cor 16:12
    68%

    12and concerning Apollos our brother, much I did entreat him that he may come unto you with the brethren, and it was not at all `his' will that he may come now, and he will come when he may find convenient.

  • Acts 25:4
    68%

    4Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on thither,

  • Acts 21:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12And when we heard these things, we called upon `him' -- both we, and those of that place -- not to go up to Jerusalem,

    13and Paul answered, `What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

  • Acts 20:38
    68%

    38sorrowing most of all for the word that he had said -- that they are about no more to see his face; and they were accompanying him to the ship.