<p>20:17 <i>And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church</i>- Instead of going there himself, he gathered together the local elders in one place. Paul was trying to save every day, in order to be at Jerusalem for Pentecost. Again we see his pressing obsession with getting there in order to witness to the Jews gathered there. &ldquo;Elders&rdquo; is a term effectively equivalent to &quot;bishops&quot; here (:28).</p>