Today's Reading | August 26, 2025
Acts 20:17–38
Introduction Acts 20:17–38: After leaving Ephesus, Paul had traveled to Macedonia and Greece and continued his missionary journey throughout Asia Minor (see yesterday’s reading, Acts 20:1–16). Now he arrives in Miletus and sends word to the elders in Ephesus to meet him. Ephesus was about a day’s journey north of Miletus. Paul bids farewell to the elders of Ephesus and…
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