Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.
Paul sent for these elders not to leave them, but to instruct and encourage them in the work they had undertaken. His life among them, serious, gracious, heavenly, no self-seeking, proved God was truly with him and animated him by a better spirit than his own.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 20:17-35
Paul appeals to the elders as eyewitnesses of his own life among them, not to boast or court approval, but to vindicate his character against accusers, to commend the doctrine he taught, and chiefly to set himself before them as a pattern they must imitate.
AI summary
Verse 17. He sent to Ephesus. Perhaps a distance of forty miles. The elders of the church. Who had been appointed while he was there to take charge of the church. .