16for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he hasted, if it were possible for him, on the day of the Pentecost to be at Jerusalem.
17And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,
18and when they were come unto him, he said to them, `Ye -- ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;
19serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against [me];
20how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,
21testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22`And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,
