Paul in Macedonia and Greece
1 After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and
1departed for Macedonia.
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When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.
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There he spent three months, and when
2a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
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Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians,
3Aristarchus and Secundus; and
4Gaius of Derbe, and
5Timothy; and the Asians,
6Tychicus and
7Trophimus.
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These went on ahead and were waiting for
8us at
9Troas,
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but we sailed away from Philippi after
10the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
Eutychus Raised from the Dead
7 11On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together
12to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
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There were many lamps in
13the upper room where we were gathered.
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And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he
14fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
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But Paul went down and
15bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said,
16"Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."
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And when Paul had gone up and
17had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
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And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.
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But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
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And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.
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And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus.
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For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening
18to be at Jerusalem, if possible,
19on the day of Pentecost.
Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders
17 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called
20the elders of the church to come to him.
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And when they came to him, he said to them:
21"You yourselves know
22how I lived among you the whole time
23from the first day that I set foot in Asia,
19
24serving the Lord
25with all humility and with
26tears and with trials that happened to me through
27the plots of the Jews;
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how I
28did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and
29teaching you in public and from house to house,
21
30testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of
31repentance toward God and of
32faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained
33by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there,
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except that
34the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that
35imprisonment and
36afflictions await me.
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But
37I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only
38I may finish my course and
39the ministry
40that I received from the Lord Jesus,
41to testify to
42the gospel of
43the grace of God.
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And now, behold,
44I know that none of you among whom I have gone about
45proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.
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Therefore
46I testify to you this day that
47I am innocent of the blood of all of you,
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for
48I did not shrink from declaring to you
49the whole counsel of God.
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50Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all
51the flock, in which
52the Holy Spirit has made you
53overseers,
54to care for
55the church of God, which he
56obtained
57with his own blood.
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I
58know that after my departure
59fierce wolves will come in among you,
60not sparing the flock;
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and
61from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
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Therefore
62be alert, remembering that
63for three years I did not cease night or day
64to admonish everyone
65with tears.
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And now
66I commend you to God and to
67the word of his grace, which is able to
68build you up and to give you
69the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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70I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
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71You yourselves know that
72these hands ministered to my necessities and
73to those who were with me.
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In all things
74I have shown you that
75by working hard in this way we must
76help the weak and
77remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said,
'It is more blessed 78to give than to receive.'"
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And when he had said these things,
79he knelt down and prayed with them all.
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And
80there was much weeping on the part of all;
81they embraced Paul and
82kissed him,
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being sorrowful most of all because of
83the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And
84they accompanied him to the ship.