13. We went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. For he had arranged this, intending to go on foot.
14. When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.
15. The day after sailing from there we arrived off Chios. And the next day we crossed over to Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the following day we came to Miletus.
16. Paul had decided to sail by Ephesus, to avoid spending time in Asia. For he was hurrying so he could be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
17. From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
18. When they came to him, he said to them, “You know how I always lived among you from the first day that I came to Asia,
19. serving the Lord with all humility and with many tears and trials which befell me through the plots of the Jews.
20. I did not keep from declaring what was beneficial to you, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,
21. testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
22. “Now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what shall befall me there,