Acts 20 : 1 (ERVEN)
When the trouble stopped, Paul invited the Lord's followers to come visit him. After encouraging them, he told them goodbye and left for Macedonia.
Acts 20 : 2 (ERVEN)
On his way through Macedonia he had many words of encouragement for the followers in various places. Then he went to Greece
Acts 20 : 3 (ERVEN)
and stayed there three months. Paul was ready to sail for Syria, but some Jews were planning something against him. So he decided to go back through Macedonia to Syria.
Acts 20 : 4 (ERVEN)
These men were traveling with him: Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, from the city of Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus, from the city of Thessalonica; Gaius, from the city of Derbe; Timothy; and two men from Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Acts 20 : 5 (ERVEN)
These men went first, ahead of Paul. They waited for us in the city of Troas.
Acts 20 : 6 (ERVEN)
We sailed from the city of Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. We met these men in Troas five days later and stayed there seven days.
Acts 20 : 7 (ERVEN)
On Sunday we all met together to eat the Lord's Supper. Paul talked to the group. Because he was planning to leave the next day, he continued talking until midnight.
Acts 20 : 8 (ERVEN)
We were all together in a room upstairs, and there were many lights in the room.
Acts 20 : 9 (ERVEN)
There was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window. Paul continued talking, and Eutychus became very, very sleepy. Finally, he went to sleep and fell out of the window. He fell to the ground from the third floor. When the people went down and lifted him up, he was dead.
Acts 20 : 10 (ERVEN)
Paul went down to where Eutychus was, knelt down beside him, and put his arms around him. He said to the other believers, "Don't worry. He is alive now."
Acts 20 : 11 (ERVEN)
Then Paul went upstairs again, broke off some pieces of bread and ate. He spoke to them a long time. It was early morning when he finished, and then he left.
Acts 20 : 12 (ERVEN)
The Lord's followers took Eutychus home alive, and they were all greatly comforted.
Acts 20 : 13 (ERVEN)
We went on ahead of Paul and sailed for the city of Assos, planning to meet him there. This is what he told us to do because he wanted to go by land.
Acts 20 : 14 (ERVEN)
When he caught up with us at Assos, we took him on board, and we all sailed to Mitylene.
Acts 20 : 15 (ERVEN)
The next day, we sailed away from there and came to a place near the island of Chios. Then the next day, we sailed to the island of Samos. A day later, we came to the city of Miletus.
Acts 20 : 16 (ERVEN)
Paul had already decided not to stop at Ephesus. He did not want to stay too long in Asia. He was hurrying because he wanted to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost if possible.
Acts 20 : 17 (ERVEN)
In Miletus Paul sent a message back to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church in Ephesus to come to him.
Acts 20 : 18 (ERVEN)
When they came, Paul said to them, "You know about my life from the first day I came to Asia. You know the way I lived all the time I was with you.
Acts 20 : 19 (ERVEN)
The Jews planned things against me, and this gave me much trouble. But you know that I always served the Lord, sometimes with tears. I never thought about myself first.
Acts 20 : 20 (ERVEN)
I always did what was best for you. I told you the Good News about Jesus in public before the people and also taught in your homes.
Acts 20 : 21 (ERVEN)
I told everyone�Jewish and non- Jewish people�to change and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.
Acts 20 : 22 (ERVEN)
"But now I must obey the Spirit and go to Jerusalem. I don't know what will happen to me there.
Acts 20 : 23 (ERVEN)
I know only that in every city the Holy Spirit tells me that troubles and even jail wait for me.
Acts 20 : 24 (ERVEN)
I don't care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do�to tell people the Good News about God's grace.
Acts 20 : 25 (ERVEN)
"And now listen to me. I know that none of you will ever see me again. All the time I was with you, I told you the Good News about God's kingdom.
Acts 20 : 26 (ERVEN)
So today I can tell you one thing that I am sure of: God will not blame me if some of you are not saved.
Acts 20 : 27 (ERVEN)
I can say this because I know that I told you everything that God wants you to know.
Acts 20 : 28 (ERVEN)
Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be like shepherds to the church of God. This is the church that God bought with his own blood.
Acts 20 : 29 (ERVEN)
I know that after I leave, some men will come into your group. They will be like wild wolves and will try to destroy the flock.
Acts 20 : 30 (ERVEN)
Also, men from your own group will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some of the Lord's followers away from the truth to follow them.
Acts 20 : 31 (ERVEN)
So be careful! And always remember what I did during the three years I was with you. I never stopped reminding each one of you how you should live, counseling you day and night and crying over you.
Acts 20 : 32 (ERVEN)
"Now I am putting you in God's care. I am depending on the message about his grace to make you strong. That message is able to give you the blessings that God gives to all his holy people.
Acts 20 : 33 (ERVEN)
When I was with you, I never wanted anyone's money or fine clothes.
Acts 20 : 34 (ERVEN)
You know that I always worked to take care of my own needs and the needs of the people who were with me.
Acts 20 : 35 (ERVEN)
I always showed you that you should work just as I did and help people who are weak. I taught you to remember the words of the Lord Jesus: 'You will have a greater blessing when you give than when you receive.'"
Acts 20 : 36 (ERVEN)
When Paul finished speaking, he knelt down, and they all prayed together.
Acts 20 : 37 (ERVEN)
They cried and cried. They were especially sad because Paul had said they would never see him again. They hugged him and kissed him. Then they went with him to the ship to say goodbye.
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