< Acts 20 >

1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to 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 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.
and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;
3 And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision 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 And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as 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 But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
these, having gone before, remained for us in Troas,
6 And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for 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 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.
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 And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.
and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,
9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken 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 And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.
And Paul, having gone down, fell on him, and having embraced [him], said, “Make no tumult, for his life is in him”;
11 And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.
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 they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted.
and they brought up the boy alive, and were comforted in no ordinary measure.
13 But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.
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 came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.
and when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,
15 And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day 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 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on 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 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.
And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,
18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into 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 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs 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 And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
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 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, conversion toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come 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 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.
except that the Holy Spirit fully testifies in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations remain for me;
24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
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 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not 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 And so I say to you this day that I am clean from 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 have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.
28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his 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 am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
for I have known this, that there will enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves to you, not sparing the flock,
30 And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.
and there will arise men of your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;
32 And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
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 had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
I coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one;
34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.
and you yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, these hands ministered;
35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
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 And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.
And having said these things, having bowed his knees, with them all, he prayed,
37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen on the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,
38 Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with 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.

< Acts 20 >