Acts 20:3

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Summary

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

The jews

Sail

Acts 18:18

Acts 21:3

Galatians 1:21

He purposed

Acts 19:21

2 Corinthians 1:15

Bible References

The jews

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews--

And when many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted to do away with him.

And [when it] was day, the Jews made a conspiracy [and] bound themselves under a curse, saying [they would] neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

asking for a favor against him, that he summon him to Jerusalem, [because they] were preparing an ambush to do away with him along the way.

On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the river of Ahava to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushing on the way.

If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.

For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans.

For even [when] we arrived in Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were afflicted in every [way]--quarrels outside, fears within.

[I have been] on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from [my own] people, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers because of false brothers,

Sail

So Paul, [after] remaining many days longer, said farewell to the brothers [and] sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved [his] head at Cenchrea, because he had [taken] a vow.

And [after we] sighted Cyprus and left it behind {on the port side}, we sailed to Syria and arrived at Tyre, because the ship was to unload [its] cargo there.

Then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

He purposed

Now when these [things] were completed, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, "After I have been there, it is necessary [for] me to see Rome also."

And with this confidence, I was wanting to come to you previously, in order that you may have a second proof of my goodwill,