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Acts 20:16Acts.20.16

For 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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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Paul avait résolu de passer devant Ephèse sans s'y arrêter, afin de ne pas perdre de temps en Asie; car il se hâtait pour se trouver, si cela lui était possible, à Jérusalem le jour de la Pentecôte.

KJV

For 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.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)

    .] : Ibam, inquit ille [ supple. ad] Pentecostes diem festum nostrum, qui est sanctus a septimanis (Act. XX, 16) . Beatus vero Paulus festinasse legitur diem istum Jerosolymis celebrare, quod sciret illum prae omnibus eminere. Sanctus, inquit, a septimanis; non perfunctorie, inq…

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