^20:1After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging¹ them and saying farewell,² he left to go to Macedonia.³^20:2After he had gone through those regions⁴ and spoken many words of encouragement⁵ to the believers there,⁶ he came to Greece,⁷^20:3where he stayed⁸ for three months. Because the Jews had made⁹ a plot¹⁰ against him as he was intending¹¹ to sail¹² for Syria, he decided¹³ to return through Macedonia.¹⁴

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Footnotes

1 Or “exhorting.”
2 Or “and taking leave of them.”
3 Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.
4 μέρος 1.b.γ gives the meanings “the parts (of a geographical area), region, district,” but the use of “district” in this context probably implies too much specificity.
5 Grk “and encouraging them with many words.” The participle παρακαλέσας (parakalesas, “encouraging”) has been translated by the phrase “spoken … words of encouragement” because the formal equivalent is awkward in contemporary English.
6 Grk “[to] them”; the referent (the believers there) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 In popular usage the term translated “Greece” here could also refer to the Roman province officially known as Achaia ( Ἐλλάς).
8 ποιέω 5.c, “w. an of time spend, stay.”
9 The participle βενομένης (benomenēs) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle. L&N 30.71 has “ἐπιβουλῆς αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ‘because the Jews had made a plot against him’ Ac 20:3.”
10 This plot is one of several noted by Luke (Acts 9:20; 20:19; 23:30).
11 μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind … Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”
12 ἀνάγω 4 gives “put out to sea” here (as a nautical technical term). However, since the English expression “put out to sea” could be understood to mean Paul was already aboard the ship (which is not clear from the context), the simpler expression “sail” is used at this point in the translation.
13 γίνομαι 7 has “ἐγένετο γνώμης he decided Ac 20:3.”
14 Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia. He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece, where he stayed three months. Because some Jews had plotted against him just as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia. And when he had passed through those areas and offered them many words of encouragement, he came to Greece and stayed three months. The Jews plotted against him when he was about to set sail for Syria, and so he decided to go back through Macedonia.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers and encouraged them. Then he said good-bye and left for Macedonia. While there, he encouraged the believers in all the towns he passed through. Then he traveled down to Greece, where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Syria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his life, so he decided to return through Macedonia.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now after the turmoil had ceased, Paul summoned the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed to travel to Macedonia. And after he had gone through those regions and encouraged them at length, he came to Greece and stayed three months. Because a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he came to a decision to return through Macedonia.

KJV 1900King James Version

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