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Acts 20:17-19
Lexham English Bible
Acts 20:17-19
Lexham English Bible
Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders
17 And from Miletus he sent word[a] to Ephesus and[b] summoned the elders of the church. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them, “You know from the first day on which I set foot in Asia[c] how I was the whole time with you— 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews—
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- Acts 20:17 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 20:17 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sent”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 20:18 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
Acts 20:17-19
New International Version
Acts 20:17-19
New International Version
17 From Miletus,(A) Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders(B) of the church. 18 When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you,(C) from the first day I came into the province of Asia.(D) 19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears(E) and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.(F)
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