Acts 20:18
“And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,”
For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
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“Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.”
“And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,”
“When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.”
“When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;”
“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.”