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Paul visits Macedonia and Greece again

20 After that, the trouble in Ephesus finished. Then Paul asked the believers to meet together with him. He spoke to them to help them. He told them to be strong and to trust God. Then he said ‘goodbye’ to them. After that he left them and he travelled on to Macedonia. He visited many places in that region. He spoke to the believers in each place. He helped them to be strong. After that, he arrived in Greece.[a]

Paul stayed in Greece for three months. One day, he was preparing to travel to Syria by ship. But then he heard news that some Jews wanted to kill him on the journey. So he decided to travel through Macedonia and return to Jerusalem.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 20:2 We think that Paul visited Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea among other places.
  2. 20:3 Many Jews travelled by ship from cities in Macedonia to Jerusalem for the Passover meal. Paul decided not to travel by ship because of the Jews. Instead, he travelled to Jerusalem by land and some other people went with him.