Acts 20:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Paul had already decided not to stop at Ephesus. He did not want to stay too long in Asia. He was hurrying because he wanted to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost if possible.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:8

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.

Acts 2:1

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

Acts 19:21

After this, Paul made plans to go to Jerusalem. He planned to go through the regions of Macedonia and Achaia, and then go to Jerusalem. He thought, “After I visit Jerusalem, I must also visit Rome.”

Acts 24:17

“I was away from Jerusalem for many years. I went back there to take money to help my people. I also had some gifts to offer at the Temple. I was doing this when some Jews saw me there. I had finished the cleansing ceremony. I had not made any trouble, and no one was gathering around me.

Acts 21:4

We found the Lord’s followers there and stayed with them for seven days. They warned Paul not to go to Jerusalem because of what the Spirit had told them.

Acts 20:22

“But now I must obey the Spirit and go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what will happen to me there.

Acts 20:13

We went on ahead of Paul and sailed for the city of Assos, planning to meet him there. This is what he told us to do because he wanted to go by land.

Acts 20:6

We sailed from the city of Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. We met these men in Troas five days later and stayed there seven days.

Acts 18:21

He left them and said, “I will come back to you again if God wants me to.” And so he sailed away from Ephesus.

Acts 18:19

Then they went to the city of Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. While Paul was in Ephesus, he went into the synagogue and talked with the Jews.

Exodus 34:22

“Celebrate the Festival of Harvest. Use the first grain from the wheat harvest for this festival. And in the fall celebrate the Festival of Shelters.

Acts 12:13

Peter knocked on the outside door. A servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

Acts 16:6

Paul and those with him went through the areas of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit did not allow them to tell the Good News in the province of Asia.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in the city of Corinth, Paul was visiting some places on his way to Ephesus. In Ephesus he found some other followers of the Lord.

Acts 20:4

These men were traveling with him: Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, from the city of Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus, from the city of Thessalonica; Gaius, from the city of Derbe; Timothy; and two men from Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

Acts 20:18

When they came, Paul said to them, “You know about my life from the first day I came to Asia. You know the way I lived all the time I was with you.