Acts 20

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him ^athe disciples, and ^bembraced them, and ^cdeparted for to go into ^dMacedonia. ²And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, ³and there abode three months: and ^ewhen the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into ^fSyria, he purposed to return through ^dMacedonia. ⁴And there accompanied him into ^gAsia Sopater of ^hBerea; and of the ⁱThessalonians, ^kAristarchus and Secundus; and ^kGaius of ^lDerbe, and ^mTimotheus; and of ^gAsia, ⁿTychicus and ^oTrophimus. ⁵These going before tarried for ^pus at ^qTroas. ⁶And we sailed away from ^rPhilippi after ^sthe days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to ^qTroas in five days; where we abode seven days. ⁷And upon ^tthe first day of the week, when ^athe disciples came together to ^ubreak bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. ⁸And there were many ^vlights in ^wthe upper chamber, where they were gathered together. ⁹And there sat in a ^xwindow a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third ^yloft, and was taken up dead. ¹⁰And Paul went down, and ^zfell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; ^afor his life is in him. ¹¹When he therefore was come up again, and had ^bbroken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. ¹²And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

¹³And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. ¹⁴And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. ¹⁵And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and ^cthe next day we came to ^dMiletus. ¹⁶For Paul had determined to sail by ^eEphesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, ^fto be at Jerusalem ^gthe day of Pentecost. ¹⁷And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called ^hthe elders of the church. ¹⁸And when they were come to him, he said unto them,

Ye know, ⁱfrom the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, ¹⁹serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me ^kby the lying in wait of the Jews: ²⁰and how ^lI kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, ^lbut have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, ^21mtestifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, ^norepentance toward God, and ⁿfaith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. ²²And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: ²³save that ^pthe Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, ^qsaying that bonds and afflictions abide me. ²⁴But ^rnone of these things move me, neither ^scount I my life dear unto myself, so that I might ^tfinish my course with joy, and ^uthe ministry, which I have received ^wof the Lord Jesus, to ^mtestify the gospel of the grace of God. ²⁵And now behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone ^xpreaching the kingdom of God, ^yshall see my face no more. ²⁶Wherefore I take you to record this day, that ^zI am pure from the blood of all men. ²⁷For ^aI have not shunned to declare unto you all ^bthe counsel of God. ^28cTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all ^dthe flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you ^eoverseers, ^dto feed the church of God, which he hath ^fpurchased ^gwith his own blood. ²⁹For I know this, that after my departing shall ^hgrievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰Also ⁱof your own selves shall men arise, speaking ^kperverse things, to draw away ^ldisciples after them. ³¹Therefore ^mwatch, and remember, that by the space of ⁿthree years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. ³²And now, brethren, I ^ocommend you to God, and to ^pthe word of his grace, which is able to ^qbuild you up, and to give you ^ran inheritance among all them which are sanctified. ^33sI have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or ^tapparel. ³⁴Yea, ye yourselves know, that ^uthese hands have ministered unto my necessities, and ^xto them that were with me. ³⁵I have shewed you all things, how that ^sso labouring ye ought to ^ysupport the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

³⁶And when he had thus spoken, he ^zkneeled down, and prayed with them all. ³⁷And they all wept sore, and ^afell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him, ³⁸sorrowing most of all for the words ^bwhich he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they ^caccompanied him unto the ship.

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