Luke would have no doubt considered Miletus within the province of Asia, but Asia used in the present context probably refers to the city of Ephesus and to the regions around it. Not only would Paul have lost travel time going to Ephesus, but he probably understood how difficult it would be for him to get away from Ephesus if he actually went to the city where he had ministered for such a long time.

On the day of Pentecost see the comments at 2.1.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .