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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Acts 20:16
Description: Sunday, 17 September 2023
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost. Acts 20:16
In the last verse, the missionaries had left Mitylene and had wound their way as far as Miletus. Now, and from Miletus, Luke next records, “For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus.”
It is a pluperfect verb. He had decided before getting on the ship that they would not stop there, and in h...