Acts 20:16-18 This was because Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, to avoid any loss of time in Asia; he wanted to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ This was because Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, to avoid any loss of time in Asia; he wanted to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost. ¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the presbyters of the church. ¹⁸ When they came to him, he said, "You know quite well how I lived among you all the time ever since I set foot in Asia,