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Acts 20:16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
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Quick Meaning
Explains Paul's decision to bypass Ephesus in hopes of reaching Jerusalem by Pentecost.
Read It With
- Acts 20:13–20:16
Acts 20:16 explains Paul's decision to bypass Ephesus in hopes of reaching Jerusalem by Pentecost; within Acts 20:13–20:16, the controlling movement is that Companions sail while Paul travels overland to Assos, then reunite and move through coastal stops; Paul bypasses Ephesus in haste to reach Jerusalem by Pentecost.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Explains Paul's decision to bypass Ephesus in hopes of reaching Jerusalem by Pentecost. This precise contribution belongs inside “The team follows a deliberate coastal route” because Companions sail while Paul travels overland to Assos, then reunite and move through coastal stops; Paul bypasses Ephesus in haste to reach Jerusalem by Pentecost.
What Remains True
Because Acts 20:16 explains Paul's decision to bypass Ephesus in hopes of reaching Jerusalem by Pentecost, faithful witness must preserve the verse's speaker, narrated setting, people affected, and the full movement of Acts 20:13–20:16 before drawing an enduring claim.
How It Can Shape Life
- For Acts 20:16, first identify this verse role—explains Paul's decision to bypass Ephesus in hopes of reaching Jerusalem by Pentecost; then explain the contextual meaning in Acts 20:13–20:16; preserve the proportionate truth about accountable witness; finally apply this boundary: The itinerary does not prove every reconstructed date, make urgency inherently virtuous, or erase the team's shared labor.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 20:13–20:16 — The team follows a deliberate coastal routeSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 20:13–20:16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 20:13-20:16
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 20:13-20:16
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 20:13–20:16
Open source ↗