¹⁷ And sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called the ancients of the church.

¹⁸ And when they were come to him, and were together, he said to them: You know from the first day that I came into Asia, in what manner I have been with you, for all the time,

¹⁹ Serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews;