Acts 20:5–28:16

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.

21And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we ^acame with a straight course unto ^bCoos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: ²And finding a ship sailing over unto ^cPhenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. ³Now when we had discovered ^dCyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into ^eSyria, and landed at ^fTyre: for ^gthere the ship was to unlade her burden. ⁴And finding ^hdisciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul ⁱthrough the Spirit, that he should not ^kgo up to Jerusalem. ⁵And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all ^lbrought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we ^mkneeled down on the shore, and prayed. ⁶And when we had ^mmtaken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned ⁿhome again. ⁷And when we had finished our course from ^fTyre, we came to ^oPtolemais, and saluted ^pthe brethren, and abode with them one day. ⁸And the next day we ^qthat were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto ^rCaesarea: and we entered into the house of ^sPhilip ^tthe evangelist, which was one ^sof the seven; and abode with him. ⁹And the same man had four daughters, virgins, ^uwhich did prophesy. ¹⁰And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain ^xprophet, named ^yAgabus. ¹¹And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s ^zgirdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith ^athe Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. ¹²And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to ^bgo up to Jerusalem. ¹³Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, ^cbut also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁴And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, ^dThe will of the Lord be done. ¹⁵And after those days we took up our ^ecarriages, and ^bwent up to Jerusalem. ¹⁶There went with us also certain of the ^fdisciples of ^gCaesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of ^hCyprus, an old ^fdisciple, with whom we should lodge.

¹⁷And when we were come to Jerusalem, ⁱthe brethren ^kreceived us gladly. ¹⁸And the day following Paul went in with us unto ^lJames; and all ^mthe elders were present. ¹⁹And when he had saluted them, he ⁿdeclared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by ^ohis ministry. ²⁰And when they heard it, they ^pglorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all ^qzealous of the law: ²¹And they ^rare informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the ^scustoms. ²²What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. ²³Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have ^ua vow on them; ²⁴Them take, and ^tpurify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may ^ushave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof ^rthey were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. ²⁵As touching the Gentiles which believe, ^xwe have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. ²⁶Then Paul took the men, and the next day ^tpurifying himself with them ^yentered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that ^zan offering should be offered for every one of them. ²⁷And when ^athe seven days were almost ended, ^bthe Jews which were of ^cAsia, ^bdwhen they saw him in the temple, ^estirred up all the people, and ^flaid hands on him, ²⁸Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and ^gthe law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and ^hhath polluted this holy place. ²⁹(For they had seen before with him in the city ⁱTrophimus an ^kEphesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) ³⁰And all the city was moved, and the people ^lran together: and ^mthey took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. ³¹And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto ⁿthe chief captain of the ^oband, that all Jerusalem ^ewas in an uproar. ^32pWho immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw ⁿthe chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. ³³Then ⁿthe chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him ^qto be bound with ^rtwo chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. ³⁴And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into ^sthe castle. ³⁵And when he came upon ^tthe stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. ³⁶For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, ^uAway with him.

³⁷And as Paul was to be led into ^sthe castle, he said unto the ⁿchief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? ^38vArt not thou that Egyptian, which ^*before these days ^wmadest an uproar, and leddest out into ^xthe wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? ³⁹But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of ^yTarsus, a city in ^zCilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the…