Acts 20:16

Good News Translation

Paul had decided to sail on by Ephesus, so as not to lose any time in the province of Asia. He was in a hurry to arrive in Jerusalem by the day of Pentecost, if at all possible.

Cross References

Exodus 34:22

“Keep the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest the first crop of your wheat, and keep the Festival of Shelters in the autumn when you gather your fruit.

Acts 12:13

Peter knocked at the outside door, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer it.

Acts 16:6

They traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit did not let them preach the message in the province of Asia.

Acts 18:19

They arrived in Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He went into the synagogue and held discussions with the Jews.

Acts 18:21

Instead, he told them as he left, “If it is the will of God, I will come back to you.” And so he sailed from Ephesus.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the province and arrived in Ephesus. There he found some disciples

Acts 19:21

After these things had happened, Paul made up his mind to travel through Macedonia and Achaia and go on to Jerusalem. “After I go there,” he said, “I must also see Rome.”

Acts 2:1

When the day of Pentecost came, all the believers were gathered together in one place.

Acts 20:13

We went on ahead to the ship and sailed off to Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had told us to do this, because he was going there by land.

Acts 20:18

When they arrived, he said to them, “You know how I spent the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

Acts 20:22

And now, in obedience to the Holy Spirit I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

Acts 20:4

Sopater son of Pyrrhus, from Berea, went with him; so did Aristarchus and Secundus, from Thessalonica; Gaius, from Derbe; Tychicus and Trophimus, from the province of Asia; and Timothy.

Acts 20:6

We sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later we joined them in Troas, where we spent a week.

Acts 21:4

There we found some believers and stayed with them a week. By the power of the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

Acts 24:17

“After being away from Jerusalem for several years, I went there to take some money to my own people and to offer sacrifices.

1 Corinthians 16:8

I will stay here in Ephesus until the day of Pentecost.