c.
Through Macedonia and Greece to Troas
20:1-12
Acts 20
:1
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
1aMacedonia.
Acts 20
:2
20:2
And when he had passed through those parts and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece,
Acts 20
:3
20:3
And spent
1three months
there. And when a
aplot was made against him by the
bJews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he
2resolved to return through Macedonia.
Acts 20
:4
20:4
And Sopater of Berea,
the son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him, as well as
aAristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians and
1Gaius of
bDerbe and
cTimothy and the Asians,
dTychicus and
eTrophimus.
Acts 20
:5
20:5
These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.
Acts 20
:6
20:6
And we sailed away from
aPhilippi after the days of
bUnleavened Bread and in five days came to them in
cTroas, where we spent seven days.
Acts 20
:7
20:7
And on the
1afirst day of the week, when
2we gathered together to
bbreak 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
20:8
And there were a considerable number of lamps in the
aupper room where we were gathered together.
Acts 20
:9
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
20:10
But Paul went down and fell
aupon him, and embracing
him, he said, Do not make a commotion, for his soul is in him.
Acts 20
:11
20:11
And when he had gone up and
abroken the bread and
1eaten and had spoken for a considerable time, until daybreak, he therefore went forth.
Acts 20
:12
20:12
And they brought the boy alive and were comforted,
and that not moderately.
d.
To Miletus, meeting with the elders of the church in Ephesus
20:13-38
Acts 20
:13
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
20:14
And when he met us in Assos, we picked him up and came to Mitylene.
Acts 20
:15
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
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
aJerusalem on the
1day of
bPentecost.
Acts 20
:17
20:17
And from Miletus he sent
word to Ephesus and called for the
aelders of the
bchurch.
Acts 20
:18
20:18
And when they came to him, he said to them, You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in
aAsia,
bhow I was with you all the time,
Acts 20
:19
20:19
aServing the Lord as a slave with all
bhumility and
ctears and
dtrials which came upon me by the
eplots of the Jews;
Acts 20
:20
20:20
How I did not
awithhold any of those things that are profitable by not declaring
them to you and by
not teaching you publicly and from
bhouse to house,
Acts 20
:21
20:21
Solemnly atestifying both to Jews and to
bGreeks crepentance unto God and
dfaith 1in our Lord
2Jesus.
Acts 20
:22
20:22
And now, behold, I am going
1bound in the
2spirit to
aJerusalem, not knowing what will meet me
3there,
Acts 20
:23
20:23
1Except that the Holy
aSpirit solemnly testifies to me in city after city, saying that
bbonds and
cafflictions await me.
Acts 20
:24
20:24
But I
1consider my
2alife of no account
as if precious to myself, in order that I may finish my
bcourse and the
cministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus to solemnly
dtestify of the
egospel of the
fgrace of God.
Acts 20
:25
20:25
And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I have gone about proclaiming the
1akingdom, will see my
bface 2no more.
Acts 20
:26
20:26
Therefore I testify to you
1on athis day that
2I am clean from the
bblood of all men,
Acts 20
:27
20:27
For I did not
ashrink from declaring to you all the
bcounsel of God.
Acts 20
:28
20:28
aTake heed to yourselves and to all the
1bflock, among whom the Holy
2cSpirit has
dplaced you as
3eoverseers to
4fshepherd the
gchurch of God, which He
hobtained through
5His own
iblood.
Acts 20
:29
20:29
I know that after my departure fierce
awolves will come in among you, not
1sparing the flock.
Acts 20
:30
20:30
And from among you yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverted things to
1adraw away the disciples after them.
Acts 20
:31
20:31
Therefore awatch, remembering that for
bthree years, night and day, I did not cease admonishing each one with
ctears.
Acts 20
:32
20:32
And now I
acommit you to
1God and to the word of His
2bgrace, which is able to
cbuild you up and to give
you the
3dinheritance among all those who have been
4esanctified.
Acts 20
:33
20:33
I have
acoveted no one's silver or gold or clothing.
Acts 20
:34
20:34
You yourselves know that these
1ahands have ministered to my needs and to those who are with me.
Acts 20
:35
20:35
In all things I have shown you by example that
atoiling in this way we ought to support
1the bweak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said,
2It is more blessed to
cgive than to receive.
Acts 20
:36
20:36
And when he had said these things, he
aknelt down with them all and prayed.
Acts 20
:37
20:37
And there was considerable weeping by all; and
afalling on Paul's neck, they kissed him affectionately,
Acts 20
:38
20:38
Especially pained over the word which he had spoken, that they would no longer behold his
aface. And they
bescorted him to the ship.
