16. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
17. Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.
18. And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,