Commentaries on Acts 20:16

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus,.... That is, to sail by it, without calling at it, as he did, for it lay by the shore before he came to Miletus; but he chose not to stop there, fearing he should be detained by the brethren there: because he would not spend the time in Asia; of which Ephesus was the metropolis: for he hasted, if it were possible, for him to be at Jerusalem the day of...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. Paul's travels up and down about Macedonia, Greece, and Asia, and his coming at length to Troas, ver. 1-6. II. A particular account of his spending one Lord's day at Troas, and his raising Eutychus to life there, ver. 7-12. III. His progress, or circuit, for the visiting of the churches he had planted, in his way towards Jerusalem, where he designed to be by the next...