When Paul travels from Troas to Miletus (20:13–16), Luke again highlights the goal of the journey by noting that Paul decides to pass by Ephesus because “he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem” (20:16). In Miletus, however, Paul sends for the elders of the church of Ephesus and delivers a farewell speech (20:17–38). In this context, the speech not only provides a concluding note to Paul’s ministry in Ephesus but also aims at introducing a different stage of his ministry, as he is transformed from a traveling missionary to a prisoner in the hands of the Roman officials. As in other farewell speeches (cf. Gen. 49:1–32; Luke 22:13–28), this speech provides a review of the ministry of a central character. The focus is not on the individual, however, but on the community that will survive after …