ACTS 20:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.”
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church — The summoning of 'elders' (presbyteroi) to Miletus suggests institutional development: designated leadership bodies now exist. Paul's address to these elders becomes his sole speech to believers.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:17
See him, hasting to sail by, and yet not overlooking them, but taking order for all. Having sent for the rulers, through those he discourses to them (the Ephesians): but it is worthy of admiration, how finding himself under a necessity of saying certain great things about himself, he tries to make the least he can of it (πειρἅτα μετριάζειν). You know. For just as Samuel, when about to deliver up the government to Saul says in their presence, Have I taken anything of your…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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