After the uproar
had ceased
, Paul
sent
for athe disciples
, and when he had exhorted
them and taken
his leave
of them, he left
bto go
to cMacedonia
.
When he had gone through
those
districts
and had given
them much
exhortation
, he came
to Greece
.
And there he spent three
months
, and when aa plot
was formed
against
him by the Jews
as he was about
to set
sail
for bSyria
, he decided
to return
through
cMacedonia
.
And 1he was accompanied by Sopater
of aBerea
, the son of Pyrrhus
, and by bAristarchus
and Secundus
of the cThessalonians
, and bGaius
of dDerbe
, and eTimothy
, and fTychicus
and gTrophimus
of 2 hAsia
.
But these had gone
on ahead
and were waiting
for aus at bTroas
.
aWe sailed from bPhilippi
after
cthe days
of Unleavened
Bread, and came
to them at dTroas
within
five
days
; and there
we stayed
seven
days
.
On athe first day of the week
, when bwe were gathered
together
to cbreak
bread
, Paul
began talking
to them, intending
to leave
the next
day
, and he prolonged
his 1message
until
midnight
.
There were many alamps
in the bupper
room
where
we were gathered
together
.
And there was a young man
named
1Eutychus
sitting
2on the window
sill
, sinking
into a deep
sleep
; and as Paul
kept on talking
, he was overcome
by sleep
and fell
down
from the third
floor
and was picked
up dead
.
But Paul went
down
and afell
upon him, and after embracing
him, he bsaid
, " 1Do not be troubled
, for his life
is in him."
When he had gone back up and had abroken
the bread
and 1eaten
, he talked
with them a long
while
until
daybreak
, and then
left
.
They took away
the boy
alive
, and were 1greatly
comforted
.
But awe, going ahead
to the ship
, set
sail
for Assos
, intending
from there
to take
Paul
on board
; for so
he had arranged
it, intending
himself
to go
1by land
.
And when he met
us at Assos
, we took
him on board
and came
to Mitylene
.
Sailing from there
, we arrived
the following
day opposite
Chios
; and the next
day we crossed
over
to Samos
; and the day following
we came
to aMiletus
.
For Paul had decided
to sail
past
aEphesus
so
that he would
not have to spend
time
in 1 bAsia
; for he was hurrying
cto be in Jerusalem
, if
possible
, don the day
of Pentecost
.
From Miletus he sent
to aEphesus
and called
to him bthe elders
of the church
.
And when they had come
to him, he said
to them,
"You yourselves know
, afrom the first
day
that I set
foot
in 1Asia
, how
I was with you the whole
time
,
serving the Lord
with all
humility
and with tears
and with trials
which came
upon me 1through
athe plots
of the Jews
;
how I adid not shrink
from declaring
to you anything
that was profitable
, and teaching
you publicly
and 1from house
to house
,
solemnly atestifying
to both
Jews
and Greeks
of brepentance
toward
God
and cfaith
in our Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
"And now, behold
, bound
by the 1Spirit
, aI am
on my way
to Jerusalem
, not knowing
what will happen
to me there
,
except that athe Holy
Spirit
solemnly
btestifies
to me in every
city
, saying
that cbonds
and afflictions
await
me.
"But aI do not consider my life
of any
account
as dear
to myself
, so
that I may bfinish
my course
and cthe ministry
which
I received
from the Lord
Jesus
, to dtestify
solemnly
of the gospel
of ethe grace
of God
.
"And now, behold
, I know
that all
of you, among
whom
I went
about
apreaching
the kingdom
, will no
longer
see
my face
.
"Therefore, I 1testify
to you this
day
that aI am
2innocent
of the blood
of all
men
.
"For I adid not shrink from declaring
to you the whole
bpurpose
of God
.
"Be on guard for yourselves
and for all
athe flock
, among
which
the Holy
Spirit
has made
you 1overseers
, to shepherd
bthe church
of God
which
cHe 2purchased
3with His own
blood
.
"I know that after
my departure
asavage
wolves
will come
in among
you, not sparing
bthe flock
;
and from among your own selves
men
will arise
, speaking
perverse
things
, to draw
away
athe disciples
after
them.
"Therefore be on the alert
, remembering
that night
and day
for a period
of athree
years
I did not cease
to admonish
each
one
bwith tears
.
"And now I acommend
you to God
and to bthe word
of His grace
, which is able
to cbuild
you up and to give
you dthe inheritance
among
all
those
who are sanctified
.
" aI have coveted no
one's
silver
or
gold
or
clothes
.
"You yourselves know
that athese
hands
ministered
to my own needs
and to the bmen who were with me.
"In everything I showed
you that by working
hard
in this
manner
you must
help
the weak
and remember
the words
of the Lord
Jesus
, that He Himself
said
, `It is more
blessed
to give
than
to receive
.' "
When he had said these
things
, he aknelt
down
and prayed
with them all
.
And 1they began to weep aloud
and 2 aembraced
Paul
, and repeatedly kissed
him,
1grieving especially
over
athe word
which
he had spoken
, that they would
not see
his face
again
. And they were baccompanying
him to the ship
.