Acts 20:17

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 ta...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 dista...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 c...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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....
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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.
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and the Elders of Ephesus. Paul addresses the elders of Ephesus:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sending to Ephesus, he called the elders of the Church — These are called bishops in Acts 20:28 , (rendered overseers in our translation.) Perhaps...

¹⁷ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Related Commentaries of Acts 20:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 20:17