Acts 20:16-18 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so as to avoid spending much time in Roman Asia. He was making haste to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the Festival at the close of the Harvest.

Twentieth_Century⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so as to avoid spending much time in Roman Asia. He was making haste to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the Festival at the close of the Harvest. ¹⁷ From Miletus, however, he sent to Ephesus and invited the Officers of the Church to meet him; ¹⁸ And, when they came, he spoke to them as follows: "You know well the life that I always led among you from the very first day that I set foot in Roman Asia,