Acts 19:21,22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Tumult of Demetrius.

Some plans of Paul:

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Acts 19:21-22

²¹ 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.

²² So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

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Acts 19:21-22