{"book":"Acts","slug":"acts","ch":20,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Acts of the Apostles","prev":"acts/19","next":"acts/21","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging [them], he said goodbye [to them] [and] left for Macedonia.","f":[],"h":"Paul in Macedonia and Greece","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"[After] traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"[where] he stayed three months. [And when] the Jews formed a plot against him [as] he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"[Paul] was accompanied by Sopater [son of] Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from [the province of] Asia.","f":["Literally from Asia; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey; also in verses 16 and 18."],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"These [men] went on ahead [and] waited for us in Troas.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"And after the [Feast] of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.","f":["Literally after the days of the Unleavened; see Exodus 12:14–20."]},{"v":7,"t":"On the first [day] of the week we came together to break bread. [Since] Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.","f":[],"h":"Eutychus Revived at Troas","style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"But Paul went down, threw [himself] on [the young man], and embraced [him].“ {Do} not be alarmed!” he said.“ He is still alive!”","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Then [Paul] went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"And [the people] {were} greatly relieved to take the boy [home] alive.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"We went on ahead to the ship [and] sailed to Assos, [where] we were to take Paul {aboard}. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.","f":[],"h":"From Troas to Miletus","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard [and] went on to Mitylene.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"Sailing on from there, we arrived the next [day] opposite Chios. The [day] after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following [day] we came to Miletus.","f":["BYZ and TR and, after remaining at Trogyllium,"]},{"v":16,"t":"Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in [the province of] Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.","f":["That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as the Feast of Harvest (see Exodus 23:16) or the Feast of Weeks (see Exodus 34:22)."],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"From Miletus, [Paul] sent to Ephesus [for] the elders of the church.","f":[],"h":"Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesians","style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"When they came to him, he said,“ You know how I lived the whole time [I was] with you, from the first day I arrived in [the province of] Asia.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"I did not shrink back from declaring [anything] that was helpful to you [as] I taught you publicly and from house to house,","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"testifying to Jews and Greeks alike {about} repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.","f":["ECM, TR, and Tischendorf; SBL, NE, BYZ, and WH our Lord Jesus"]},{"v":22,"t":"And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me [there].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"[I] only [know] that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and [ complete ] the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus — [ the ministry ] of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"Now I know that [none of] you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face [again].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"Therefore I testify to you this day that I [am] innocent of the blood of all [men].","f":["See Ezekiel 33:8–9."]},{"v":27,"t":"For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with [His] own blood.","f":["Tischendorf of the Lord; BYZ and PT of the Lord and God","Or with the blood of His own Son."],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"Even from your own number, men will rise up [and] distort [the truth] to draw away disciples after them.","f":[]},{"v":31,"t":"Therefore be alert [and] remember that for three years I never stopped warning each [of you] night and day with tears.","f":[]},{"v":32,"t":"And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build [you] up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":33,"t":"I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":34,"t":"You yourselves know that these hands [of mine] have ministered to my [own] needs and [those of] my companions.","f":[]},{"v":35,"t":"In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself:‘ It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself:"},{"style":"red","t":"‘ It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”"}],"style":"red"},{"v":36,"t":"[When] [Paul] had said this, he knelt down with all of them [and] prayed.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":37,"t":"They all wept openly [as] they embraced Paul [and] kissed him.","f":[]},{"v":38,"t":"They were especially grieved by his statement that they would [never] see his face [again]. Then they accompanied him to the ship.","f":[]}]}