Acts 20 : 1 (HCSB)
After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying good-bye, departed to go to Macedonia.
Acts 20 : 2 (HCSB)
And when he had passed through those areas and exhorted them at length, he came to Greece
Acts 20 : 3 (HCSB)
and stayed three months. When he was about to set sail for Syria, a plot was devised against him by the Jews, so a decision was made to go back through Macedonia.
Acts 20 : 4 (HCSB)
He was accompanied by Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, from Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.
Acts 20 : 5 (HCSB)
These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas,
Acts 20 : 6 (HCSB)
but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread. In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days.
Acts 20 : 7 (HCSB)
On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he extended his message until midnight.
Acts 20 : 8 (HCSB)
There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were assembled,
Acts 20 : 9 (HCSB)
and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on speaking. When he was overcome by sleep he fell down from the third story, and was picked up dead.
Acts 20 : 10 (HCSB)
But Paul went down, threw himself on him, embraced him, and said, "Don't be alarmed, for his life is in him!"
Acts 20 : 11 (HCSB)
After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, he conversed a considerable time until dawn. Then he left.
Acts 20 : 12 (HCSB)
They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.
Acts 20 : 13 (HCSB)
Then we went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, from there intending to take Paul on board. For these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land.
Acts 20 : 14 (HCSB)
When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.
Acts 20 : 15 (HCSB)
Sailing from there, the next day we arrived off Chios. The following day we crossed over to Samos, and the day after, we came to Miletus.
Acts 20 : 16 (HCSB)
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so he would not have to spend time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.
Acts 20 : 17 (HCSB)
Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.
Acts 20 : 18 (HCSB)
And when they came to him, he said to them: "You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time--
Acts 20 : 19 (HCSB)
serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews--
Acts 20 : 20 (HCSB)
and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.
Acts 20 : 21 (HCSB)
I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
Acts 20 : 22 (HCSB)
"And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, bound in my spirit, not knowing what I will encounter there,
Acts 20 : 23 (HCSB)
except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
Acts 20 : 24 (HCSB)
But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God's grace.
Acts 20 : 25 (HCSB)
"And now I know that none of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see my face again.
Acts 20 : 26 (HCSB)
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of everyone's blood,
Acts 20 : 27 (HCSB)
for I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
Acts 20 : 28 (HCSB)
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Acts 20 : 29 (HCSB)
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Acts 20 : 30 (HCSB)
And men from among yourselves will rise up with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.
Acts 20 : 31 (HCSB)
Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
Acts 20 : 32 (HCSB)
"And now I commit you to God and to the message of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
Acts 20 : 33 (HCSB)
I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing.
Acts 20 : 34 (HCSB)
You yourselves know that these hands have provided for my needs, and for those who were with me.
Acts 20 : 35 (HCSB)
In every way I've shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Acts 20 : 36 (HCSB)
After he said this, he knelt down and prayed with all of them.
Acts 20 : 37 (HCSB)
There was a great deal of weeping by everyone. And embracing Paul, they kissed him,
Acts 20 : 38 (HCSB)
grieving most of all over his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.
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