“ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. ”
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...
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 mile...
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...
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 s...
DISCOURSE: 1798 ST. PAUL’S APPEAL TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS Acts 20:17-21 . And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. And when they were come to him, he said unto...
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. He sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church - These are called επισκοποι, bishops, Acts 20:28 . By the πρεσβυτερ...
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 Eph...
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 Co...
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 inte...
Acts 20:7 Chapter 16 ST. PAUL AND THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. Acts 20:1 ; Acts 20:7 ; Acts 20:17-19 ; Acts 20:28 THE period of St. Paul's career at which we have now arrived was full of lif...
a Parting Message Acts 20:13-27 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 parti...
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, alwa...
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...
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, a...
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 abo...
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 mu...
Paul's Address to the Elders of Ephesus. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when...
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 .
‘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 M...
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 crowde...
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...
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 7:1...
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...
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church.
1 Peter 5:1 ; 1 Timothy 5:17 ; 2 John 1:1 ; 3 John 1:1 ; Acts 11:30 ; Acts 14:23 ; Acts 15:23 ; Acts 15:4 ; Acts 15:6 ; Acts 16:4 ; Acts 20:28 ; James 5:14 ; Titus 1:5
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 othe...