14. When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
15. We sailed from there and arrived off Chios the next day. A day later we came to Samos, and the following day we reached Miletus.
16. Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, so as not to lose any time in the province of Asia. He was in a hurry to arrive in Jerusalem by the day of Pentecost, if at all possible.
17. From Miletus Paul sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to meet him.
18. When they arrived, he said to them, “You know how I spent the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.