Acts 20:16-18

16Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus so that he would not end up spending time [unnecessarily] in [the province of] Asia (modern Turkey); for he was in a hurry to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

17However, from Miletus he sent word to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church [to meet him there].

18And when they arrived he said to them: “You know well how I [lived when I] was with you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia [until now],