Paul presented this discourse near the end of his third missionary trip. He had disembarked at Miletus, a port on the Aegean Sea, and had sent for the elders of the Ephesus congregation.
لكِنَّنَا لَنْ نُنَاقِشَ ٱلْآنَ سِوَى ٱلْخِطَابِ ٱلْمُدَوَّنِ فِي ٱلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلْإِصْحَاحِ ٢٠ ٱلَّذِي أَلْقَاهُ نَحْوَ سَنَةِ ٥٦ ب‌م فِي أَوَاخِرِ رِحْلَتِهِ ٱلْإِرْسَالِيَّةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ .‏