Acts 20

1 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.

And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced [them], went forth to go on to Macedonia;

2 After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,

and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;

3 where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

and having continued three months—a counsel of the Jews having been against him—being about to set forth to Syria, there came [to him] a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

4 Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

And there were accompanying him to Asia, Sopater of Pyrrhus from Berea, and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of Asians Tychicus and Trophimus;

5 These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

these, having gone before, remained for us in Troas,

6 And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

and we sailed, after the days of the Unleavened [Bread], from Philippi, and came to them to Troas in five days, where we abided seven days.

7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.

And on the first [day] of the weeks, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the next day, he was also continuing the discourse until midnight,

8 Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,

9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

and there a certain youth was sitting, by name Eutychus, on the window—being borne down by a deep sleep, Paul discoursing long—he having sunk down from the sleep, fell down from the third story, and was lifted up dead.

10 But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

And Paul, having gone down, fell on him, and having embraced [him], said, “Make no tumult, for his life is in him”;

11 Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked—until daylight, so he went forth,

12 And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

and they brought up the boy alive, and were comforted in no ordinary measure.

13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.

And we having gone before to the ship, sailed to Assos, there intending to take in Paul, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go on foot;

14 And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.

and when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,

15 Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.

and there having sailed, on the next day we came opposite Chios, and the next day we arrived at Samos, and having remained in Trogyllium, on the following day we came to Miletus,

16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of the Pentecost.

17 From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

18 When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

and when they were come to him, he said to them, “You know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how I was with you at all times;

19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

serving the LORD with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against [me];

20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

how I kept back nothing of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,

21 testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, conversion toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

And now, behold, I—bound in the Spirit—go on to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will befall me in it,

23 I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

except that the Holy Spirit fully testifies in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations remain for me;

24 But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify [to] the good news of the grace of God.

25 Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

And now, behold, I have known that you will no longer see my face, among all you [to] whom I went preaching the Kingdom of God;

26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

for this reason I take you to witness this day, that I [am] clear from the blood of all,

27 For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

28 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the Assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

for I have known this, that there will enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves to you, not sparing the flock,

30 Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

and there will arise men of your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

31 Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

and now, I commend you, brothers, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

I coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one;

34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

and you yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, these hands ministered;

35 In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

I showed you all things, that, thus laboring, it is necessary to partake with the ailing, to also be mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said: It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

36 When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

And having said these things, having bowed his knees, with them all, he prayed,

37 They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen on the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

38 They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

sorrowing most of all for the word that he had said—that they are about to see his face no longer; and they were accompanying him to the ship.