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Acts 20:2–3

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And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:1Rank 1 from verse 2
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    1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:3Rank 2 from verse 2
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    3For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

  3. Colossians 1:28Rank 3 from verse 2
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    28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:11Rank 4 from verse 2
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    11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

  5. Acts 20:11Rank 5 from verse 2
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    11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

  6. Acts 14:22Rank 6 from verse 2
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    22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

  7. Acts 15:41Rank 7 from verse 2
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    41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

  8. Acts 16:12Rank 8 from verse 2
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    12And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

  9. Acts 17:1Rank 9 from verse 2
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    1NOW when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

  10. Acts 17:10Rank 10 from verse 2
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    10¶ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

  11. Acts 2:40Rank 11 from verse 2
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    40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

  12. Acts 20:6–7Rank 12 from verse 2
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    6And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

    7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

  13. Zechariah 9:13Rank 13 from verse 2
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    13When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

From verse 3

  1. Acts 20:19Rank 1 from verse 3
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    19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

  2. 2 Corinthians 11:26Rank 2 from verse 3
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    26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

  3. Acts 25:3Rank 3 from verse 3
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    3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

  4. Acts 9:23–24Rank 4 from verse 3
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    23¶ And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:

    24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

  5. 2 Corinthians 7:5Rank 5 from verse 3
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    5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

  6. 2 Corinthians 1:15Rank 6 from verse 3
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    15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

  7. Acts 16:9Rank 7 from verse 3
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    9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

  8. Acts 18:18Rank 8 from verse 3
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    18¶ And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

  9. Acts 19:21Rank 9 from verse 3
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    21¶ After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

  10. Acts 21:3Rank 10 from verse 3
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    3Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

  11. Acts 23:12–15Rank 11 from verse 3
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    12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

    13And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

    14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

    15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

  12. Ezra 8:31Rank 12 from verse 3
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    31¶ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

  13. Galatians 1:21Rank 13 from verse 3
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    21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

  14. Jeremiah 5:26Rank 14 from verse 3
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    26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  15. Proverbs 1:11Rank 15 from verse 3
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    11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

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Acts 20:2

COMBINED MEANING

gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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parts

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Sense 1: Portions or divisions of a whole. Sense 2: Divides, separates, departs, or assigns shares.

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Acts 20:3

COMBINED MEANING

abode

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1. Remained, stayed, continued, or dwelt. 2. A dwelling place or state of residence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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laid

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Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wait

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Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sail

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Sense 1: A broad piece of fabric spread to catch the wind and move a vessel. Sense 2: As a verb, to travel or be carried by ship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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purposed

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Past-tense, past-participial, or adjectival form of purpose: intended, resolved, or determined to do or accomplish something.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20:1AND after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.

20:2And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

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20:3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

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20:4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

20:5These going before tarried for us at Troas.

20:6And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

20:8And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

20:10And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

20:11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

20:12And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

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