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Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesians

Acts 20:17

In 9 translations

BSB
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
KJV
¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
WEB
From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the assembly.
ASV
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.
LSV
And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,
YLT
And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,
DBY
But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over [to him] the elders of the assembly.
DRC
And sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called the ancients of the church.
GNV
Wherefore from Miletum, hee sent to Ephesus, and called the Elders of the Church.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Μιλήτου πέμψας εἰς Ἔφεσον μετεκαλέσατο τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας.
RP2018
Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Μιλήτου πέμψας εἰς Ἔφεσον μετεκαλέσατο τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας.
TR-Boyd
Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Μιλήτου πέμψας εἰς Ἔφεσον μετεκαλέσατο τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας.
SCR1894
απο δε της μιλητου πεμψας εις εφεσον μετεκαλεσατο τους πρεσβυτερους της εκκλησιας

Who and where

📍 Ephesus📍 Miletus◆ Paul speaks to Ephesian Elders

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Timothy 5:17Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
  • Acts 11:30This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
  • Titus 1:5The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
  • Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
  • James 5:14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
  • Acts 14:23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
  • Acts 15:23and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
  • 2 John 1:1The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—
  • Acts 15:6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
  • 3 John 1:1The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:
  • Acts 15:4On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
  • Acts 16:4As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
  • 1 Peter 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

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