acts 20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. - Free Bible Online

acts 20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.


      17. from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church--As he was now some forty miles south of Ephesus, we might think that more time would be lost by sending thus far for the elders to come to him, than by going at once to Ephesus itself, when so near it. But if unfavorable winds and stormy weather had overtaken them, his object could not have been attained, and perhaps he was unwilling to run the risk of detention at Ephesus by the state of the church and other causes. Those here called "elders" or "presbyters," are in Ac 20:28 called "bishops." (See on Ac 20:28). The identity of presbyters and bishops in the New Testament is beyond all reasonable dispute.

JFB.


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Where In Scripture Does It Talk About And Sends To Ephesus For The Elders Of The Congregation, And Addresses Them At Miletus?

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