20. In this powerful way the word of the Lord kept spreading and growing stronger.
21. After these things had happened, Paul made up his mind to travel through Macedonia and Achaia and go on to Jerusalem. “After I go there,” he said, “I must also see Rome.”
22. So he sent Timothy and Erastus, two of his helpers, to Macedonia, while he spent more time in the province of Asia.
23. It was at this time that there was serious trouble in Ephesus because of the Way of the Lord.