| Acts 20:1 |
And after the uproar had ceased, Paul, having sent for the disciples and having exhorted [them,] took leave [of them] and went off to go into Macedonia. |
| Acts 20:2 |
And when he had passed through those parts and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece, |
| Acts 20:3 |
And spent three months [there. And] when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia. |
| Acts 20:4 |
And Sopater of Berea, [the son] of Pyrrhus, accompanied him, as well as Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians and Gaius of Derbe and Timothy and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. |
| Acts 20:5 |
These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas. |
| Acts 20:6 |
And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread and in five days came to them in Troas, where we spent seven days. |
| Acts 20:7 |
And on the first day of the week, when we gathered together to break bread, Paul conversed with them since he was to go forth on the next day; and he extended his message until midnight. |
| Acts 20:8 |
And there were a considerable number of lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. |
| Acts 20:9 |
And a certain young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window and began to sink into deep sleep while Paul conversed longer; [and] when he had been overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. |
| Acts 20:10 |
But Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing [him,] he said, Do not make a commotion, for his soul is in him. |
| Acts 20:11 |
And when he had gone up and broken the bread and eaten and had spoken for a considerable time, until daybreak, he therefore went forth. |
| Acts 20:12 |
And they brought the boy alive and were comforted, [and that] not moderately. |
| Acts 20:13 |
But we, going ahead onto the ship, set sail for Assos, from there intending to pick up Paul, for so he had arranged [it,] himself intending to go by foot. |
| Acts 20:14 |
And when he met us in Assos, we picked him up and came to Mitylene. |
| Acts 20:15 |
And sailing away from there, on the following day we arrived opposite Chios; and on the next day we put in at Samos. And on the day following we came to Miletus, |
| Acts 20:16 |
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying [so that] if possible he might be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. |
| Acts 20:17 |
And from Miletus he sent [word] to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. |
| Acts 20:18 |
And when they came to him, he said to them, You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time, |
| Acts 20:19 |
Serving the Lord as a slave with all humility and tears and trials which came upon me by the plots of the Jews; |
| Acts 20:20 |
How I did not withhold any of those things that are profitable by not declaring [them] to you and by [not] teaching you publicly and from house to house, |
| Acts 20:21 |
Solemnly testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance unto God and faith in our Lord Jesus. |
| Acts 20:22 |
And now, behold, I am going bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will meet me there, |
| Acts 20:23 |
Except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in city after city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. |
| Acts 20:24 |
But I consider my life of no account [as if] precious to myself, in order that I may finish my course and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus to solemnly testify of the gospel of the grace of God. |
| Acts 20:25 |
And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more. |
| Acts 20:26 |
Therefore I testify to you on this day that I am clean from the blood of all men, |
| Acts 20:27 |
For I did not shrink from declaring to you all the counsel of God. |
| Acts 20:28 |
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers to shepherd the church of God, which He obtained through His own blood. |
| Acts 20:29 |
I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. |
| Acts 20:30 |
And from among you yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them. |
| Acts 20:31 |
Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease admonishing each one with tears. |
| Acts 20:32 |
And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build [you] up and to give [you] the inheritance among all those who have been sanctified. |
| Acts 20:33 |
I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothing. |
| Acts 20:34 |
You yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my needs and to those who are with me. |
| Acts 20:35 |
In all things I have shown you by example that toiling in this way we ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. |
| Acts 20:36 |
And when he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed. |
| Acts 20:37 |
And there was considerable weeping by all; and falling on Paul's neck, they kissed him affectionately, |
| Acts 20:38 |
Especially pained over the word which he had spoken, that they would no longer behold his face. And they escorted him to the ship. |