Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And having sent from Miletus to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the church.

New American Standard Bible

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.

King James Version

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Holman Bible

Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.

International Standard Version

From Miletus he sent messengers to Ephesus to ask the elders of the church to meet with him.

A Conservative Version

And from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he summoned the elders of the congregation.

American Standard Version

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.

Amplified

However, from Miletus he sent word to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church [to meet him there].

An Understandable Version

And from Miletus Paul sent to Ephesus, requesting that the elders of the church [there] come to him.

Anderson New Testament

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Bible in Basic English

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

Common New Testament

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.

Daniel Mace New Testament

At Miletus he sent a message to the pastors of the church at Ephesus, to come to him:

Darby Translation

But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over to him the elders of the assembly.

Godbey New Testament

And having sent from Miletus into Ephesus, he called for the elders of the church.

Goodspeed New Testament

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

John Wesley New Testament

And sending to Ephesus from Miletus, he called thither the elders of the church.

King James 2000

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And from Miletus he sent [word] to Ephesus [and] summoned the elders of the church.

Modern King James verseion

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wherefore from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the congregation.

Moffatt New Testament

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the presbyters of the church.

Montgomery New Testament

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church to come to him;

NET Bible

From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.

New Heart English Bible

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the church.

Noyes New Testament

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Sawyer New Testament

And from Miletus sending to Ephesus he called for the elders of the church.

The Emphasized Bible

But, from Miletus, he sent unto Ephesus, and called for the elders of the assembly.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

So he sent to Ephesus from Miletus, and called the presbyters of the church to attend him.

Twentieth Century New Testament

From Miletus, however, he sent to Ephesus and invited the Officers of the Church to meet him;

Webster

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Weymouth New Testament

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the Elders of the Church to come to him.

Williams New Testament

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

World English Bible

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

Worrell New Testament

And, having sent from Miletus to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly.

Worsley New Testament

But he sent from Miletus to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Youngs Literal Translation

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ἀπό 
Apo 
from, of, out of, for, off, by, at, in, since 9, on, not tr., .
Usage: 490

Μίλητος 
Miletos 
Usage: 3

he sent
πέμπω 
Pempo 
Usage: 39

to
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

Ἔφεσος 
Ephesos 
Usage: 14

and called
μετακαλέω 
metakaleo 
Usage: 4

the elders
πρεσβύτερος 
Presbuteros 
Usage: 65

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Acts 20:17

Context Readings

Paul's Farewell To The Ephesian Elders

16 For Paul determined to sail to Ephesus, as it might not be to him to spend the time in Asia: for he hastened, if it were possible to him, to be in Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. 17 And having sent from Miletus to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the church. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them, Ye know, from the first day in which I embarked for Asia, how I was with you all the time

Cross References

Acts 11:30

Which also they did, having sent to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 14:23

And having chosen them elders in the church, having prayed with fasting, they set them before the Lord, in whom they had believed.

Acts 20:28

Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders having presided well be deemed worthy of double honour, chiefly they being wearied in word and doctrine.

Titus 1:5

For this I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest rectify things left behind, and set elders in the city, as I directed thee:

James 5:14

Is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Acts 15:4

And having arrived at Jerusalem they were received by the church, and the sent and elders, and they announced what God did with them.

Acts 15:6

And the sent and elders were gathered together to see about this word.

Acts 15:23

Having written by their hand thus; The sent and elders and brethren to the brethren in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia from the nations, health:

Acts 16:4

And as they were going through the cities, they delivered them the orders to watch, having been determined by the sent and the elders in Jerusalem.

1 Peter 5:1

The elders among you I beseech, a fellow elder, and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a participator of the glory which is about to be revealed:

2 John 1:1

The elder to the chosen mistress in truth; (and not I only, but also all and to her children, whom I love they having known the truth;)

3 John 1:1

The elder to the dearly beloved Gains, whom I love in truth.

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