Acts 20
1 And after the uproar ceased, Paul having summoned the disciples and having embraced them, he departed to go into Macedonia.
When the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples; and, after speaking words of encouragement to them, he took his leave, and started for Macedonia.
2 And having passed through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece.
Passing through those districts he encouraged the disciples in frequent addresses, and then came into Greece, and spent three months there.
3 And having spent three months there, and a conspiracy having developed against him by Jews, intending to go up into Syria, a decision developed to return through Macedonia.
The Jews having planned to waylay him whenever he might be on the point of taking ship for Syria, he decided to travel back by way of Macedonia.
4 And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater a Berean, and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius a Derbean, and Timothy, and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
He was accompanied as far as the province of Asia by Sopater the Beroean, the son of Pyrrhus; by the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; by Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and by the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 These men, who went ahead, awaited us at Troas.
These brethren had gone on and were waiting for us in the Troad.
6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.
But we ourselves sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined them in the Troad, where we remained for a week.
7 And upon the first day of the week, the disciples having come together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged his speech until midnight.
On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul, who was going away the next morning, was preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse till midnight.
8 And there were considerable lights in the upper floor where we were gathered together.
Now there were a good many lamps in the room upstairs where we all were,
9 And a certain young man named Eutychus sitting in the window, being carried away by deep sleep (Paul discoursing on more), being carried away by sleep, he fell down below from the third floor, and was taken up dead.
and a youth of the name of Eutychus was sitting at the window. This lad, gradually sinking into deep sleep while Paul preached at unusual length, overcome at last by sleep, fell from the second floor and was taken up dead.
10 But Paul having come down, he fell on him, and having embraced him he said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.
Paul, however, went down, threw himself upon him, and folding him in his arms said, "Do not be alarmed; his life is still in him."
11 And after getting up, and having broken bread and eaten, and having conversed for a considerable time, until dawn, thus he departed.
Then he went upstairs again, broke bread, and took some food; and after a long conversation which was continued till daybreak, at last he parted from them.
12 And they brought the boy alive, and were not a little comforted.
They had taken the lad home alive, and were greatly comforted.
13 But we, having gone ahead to the ship, went up to Assos, intending from there to take up Paul, for so it was arranged, he himself intending to go on foot.
The rest of us had already gone on board a ship, and now we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for so he had arranged, he himself intending to go by land.
14 And when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene.
Accordingly, when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.
15 And having sailed from there on the next day, we arrived opposite Chios, and the next day we came near to Samos. And having remained in Trogyllium, on the following day we came to Miletus.
Sailing from there, we arrived the next day off Chios. On the next we touched at Samos; and on the day following reached Miletus.
16 For Paul determined to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not happen to lose time in Asia. For he was hastening, if it were possible, for him to become at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
For Paul's plan was to sail past Ephesus, so as not to spend much time in the province of Asia; since he was very desirous of being in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of the Harvest Festival.
17 And from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he summoned the elders of the congregation.
From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the Elders of the Church to come to him.
18 And when they came to him, he said to them, Ye know, from the first day in which I stepped in Asia, how I became with you all the time,
Upon their arrival he said to them, "You Elders well know, from the first day of my setting foot in the province of Asia, the kind of life I lived among you the whole time,
19 serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears and trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews.
serving the Lord in all humility, and with tears, and amid trials which came upon me through the plotting of the Jews--
20 How I kept back nothing of these things that are beneficial, not to inform you, and to teach you in public, and from house to house,
and that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching you in public and in your homes,
21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.
22 And now behold, I, bound in the spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me in it,
"And now, impelled by a sense of duty, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies from city to city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
except that the Holy Spirit, at town after town, testifies to me that imprisonment and suffering are awaiting me.
24 But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good news of the grace of God.
But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.
25 And now behold, I have seen that ye will no longer see my face, ye all among whom I passed through preaching the kingdom of God.
"And now, I know that none of you among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom will any longer see my face.
26 Therefore I solemnly declare to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men.
Therefore I protest to you to-day that I am not responsible for the ruin of any one of you.
27 For I did not withdraw from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
For I have not shrunk from declaring to you God's whole truth.
28 Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.
"Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
I know that, when I am gone, cruel wolves will come among you and will not spare the flock;
30 And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
and that from among your own selves men will rise up who will seek with their perverse talk to draw away the disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch ye, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease warning each one with tears.
Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears.
32 And now brothers, I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.
"And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people.
33 I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
No one's silver or gold or clothing have I coveted.
34 Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me.
You yourselves know that these hands of mine have provided for my own necessities and for the people with me.
35 I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
36 And having spoken these things, having knelt down, he prayed with them all.
Having spoken thus, Paul knelt down and prayed with them all;
37 And there developed considerable weeping of all. And having fallen on Paul's neck, they kissed him much,
and with loud lamentation they all threw their arms round his neck, and kissed him lovingly,
38 sorrowing especially for the word that he had spoken, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
grieved above all things at his having told them that after that day they were no longer to see his face. And they went with him to the ship.
