A Major Riot in Ephesus

21 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.” 22 So after[a] sending two of those who were assisting him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed some time in Asia.[b]

23 Now there happened at that time no little disturbance concerning the Way.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:22 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“sending”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 19:22 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)

21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

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