Miletus
A port of Ionia on the western coast of Asia Minor. Paul stopped here on the way to Jerusalem and summoned the elders of the Ephesian church to meet him, giving them a farewell address he expected to be his last (Acts 20:15-38).
Where in scripture
[15] Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus. [16] For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. [17] From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly. [18] When they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time, [19] serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews; …
Acts 20:15–38 — opening verses — cited in the description of Miletus
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
On these journeys
- Third missionary journey — Paul the Apostle
