Acts 20:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ When he met us there, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene [^Cthe main city on the island of Lesbos in the Aegean]. ¹⁵ We sailed from ·Mitylene [^Lthere] and the next day came to a place ·near [opposite; across from] Kios [^Can island five miles off the coast in the Aegean]. The following day we sailed to Samos [^Canother island off the coast in the Aegean], and the next day we reached Miletus [^Ca city on the western coast of Asia Minor]. ¹⁶ [^LFor] Paul had already decided ·not to stop at [^Lto sail past] Ephesus [18:19], because he did not want to stay too long in [^Cthe province of] Asia [^Cwith so many friends in Ephesus (ch. 19), a short stop would be impossible]. He was hurrying to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost [^Cone of three great Jewish festivals, celebrated 50 days after Passover], if that were possible.