Acts 20
Paul in Macedonia and Greece
1After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for athe disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left bto go to cMacedonia. 2When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece. 3And there he spent three months, and when da plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for eSyria, he decided to return through fMacedonia. 4And ▼▼ Lit there accompanied him
he was accompanied by Sopater of hBerea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by iAristarchus and Secundus of the jThessalonians, and kGaius of lDerbe, and mTimothy, and nTychicus and oTrophimus of ▼▼ I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
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qAsia. 5But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for rus at sTroas. 6 tWe sailed from uPhilippi after vthe days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at wTroas within five days; and there we stayed seven days. 7On xthe first day of the week, when ywe were gathered together to zbreak bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his ▼▼ Lit word, speech
message until midnight. 8There were many ablamps in the acupper room where we were gathered together. 9And there was a young man named ▼▼ Eutychus means Good fortune, i.e. ‘Lucky’
Eutychus sitting ▼▼ Or at the window
on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. 10But Paul went down and affell upon him, and after embracing him, he agsaid, ▼▼ Or Stop being troubled
“Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.” 11When he had gone back up and had aibroken the bread and ▼▼ Lit tasted
eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. 12They took away the boy alive, and were ▼▼ Lit not moderately
greatly comforted. Troas to Miletus
13But alwe, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it, intending himself to go ▼▼ Or on foot
by land. 14And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. 15Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day following we came to anMiletus. 16For Paul had decided to sail past aoEphesus so that he would not have to spend time in ▼▼ I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
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aqAsia; for he was hurrying arto be in Jerusalem, if possible, ason the day of Pentecost. Farewell to Ephesus
17From Miletus he sent to atEphesus and called to him authe elders of the church. 18And when they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, avfrom the first day that I set foot in ▼▼ V 16, note 1
Asia, how I was with you the whole time, 19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me ▼▼ Lit by
through aythe plots of the Jews; 20how I azdid not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and ▼▼ Or in the various private homes
from house to house, 21solemnly bbtestifying to both Jews and Greeks of bcrepentance toward God and bdfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22“And now, behold, bound by the ▼▼ Or in spirit
Spirit, bfI am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23except that bgthe Holy Spirit solemnly bhtestifies to me in every city, saying that bibonds and afflictions await me. 24“But bjI do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may bkfinish my course and blthe ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bmtestify solemnly of the gospel of bnthe grace of God. 25“And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about bopreaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. 26“Therefore, I ▼▼ Or call you to witness
testify to you this day that bqI am ▼▼ Lit pure from
innocent of the blood of all men. 27“For I bsdid not shrink from declaring to you the whole btpurpose of God. 28“Be on guard for yourselves and for all buthe flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you ▼▼ Or bishops
overseers, to shepherd bwthe church of God which bxHe ▼▼ Lit acquired
purchased ▼▼ Lit through
with His own blood. 29“I know that after my departure casavage wolves will come in among you, not sparing cbthe flock; 30and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away ccthe disciples after them. 31“Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of cdthree years I did not cease to admonish each one cewith tears. 32“And now I cfcommend you to God and to cgthe word of His grace, which is able to chbuild you up and to give you cithe inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 cj“I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes. 34“You yourselves know that ckthese hands ministered to my own needs and to the clmen who were with me. 35“In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” 36When he had said these things, he cmknelt down and prayed with them all. 37And ▼▼ Lit a considerable weeping of all occurred
they began to weep aloud and ▼▼ Lit threw themselves on Paul’s neck
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cpembraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, 38 ▼▼ Lit suffering pain
grieving especially over crthe word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were csaccompanying him to the ship.
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