Acts 20 (New American Standard)

Paul in Macedonia and Greece

1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for ¹the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left ²to go to ³Macedonia. 2 When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation , he came to Greece. 3 And there he spent three months, and when ⁴a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for ⁵Syria, he decided to return through ⁶Macedonia. 4 And ^ahe was accompanied by Sopater of ⁷Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by ⁸Aristarchus and Secundus of the ⁹Thessalonians, and ¹⁰Gaius of ¹¹Derbe, and ¹²Timothy, and ¹³Tychicus and ¹⁴Trophimus of ^b15Asia. 5 But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for ¹⁶us at ¹⁷Troas. 6 ¹⁸We sailed from ¹⁹Philippi after ²⁰the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at ²¹Troas within five days ; and there we stayed seven days. 7 On ²²the first day of the week, when ²³we were gathered together to ²⁴break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his ^cmessage until midnight. 8 There were many ²⁵lamps in the ²⁶upper room where we were gathered together. 9 And there was a young man named ^dEutychus sitting ^eon 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. 10 But Paul went down and ²⁷fell upon him, and after embracing him, he ²⁸said, "^fDo not be troubled, for his life is in him." 11 When he had gone back up and had ²⁹broken the bread and ^geaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. 12 They took away the boy alive, and were ^hgreatly comforted.

Troas to Miletus

13 But ³⁰we, 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 ⁱby land. 14 And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. 15 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 ³¹Miletus. 16 For Paul had decided to sail past ³²Ephesus so that he would not have to spend time in ^j33Asia ; for he was hurrying ³⁴to be in Jerusalem, if possible, ³⁵on the day of Pentecost.

Farewell to Ephesus

17 From Miletus he sent to ³⁶Ephesus and called to him ³⁷the elders of the church. 18 And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, ³⁸ from the first day that I set foot in ^k Asia, how I was with you the whole time, 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me ^lthrough ³⁹the plots of the Jews ; 20 how I ⁴⁰did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and ^mfrom house to house, 21 solemnly ⁴¹testifying to both Jews and Greeks of ⁴²repentance toward God and ⁴³faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 "And now, behold, bound by the ⁿ Spirit, ⁴⁴I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there , 23 except that ⁴⁵the Holy Spirit solemnly ⁴⁶testifies to me in every city, saying that ⁴⁷bonds and afflictions await me. 24 "But ⁴⁸I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may ⁴⁹finish my course and ⁵⁰the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to ⁵¹testify solemnly of the gospel of ⁵²the grace of God. 25 "And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about ⁵³preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. 26 "Therefore, I ^otestify to you this day that ⁵⁴I am ^pinnocent of the blood of all men. 27 "For I ⁵⁵did not shrink from declaring to you the whole ⁵⁶purpose of God. 28 "Be on guard for yourselves and for all ⁵⁷the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you ^qoverseers, to shepherd ⁵⁸the church of God which ⁵⁹He ^rpurchased ^swith His own blood. 29 "I know that after my departure ⁶⁰savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing ⁶¹the flock ; 30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away ⁶²the disciples after them. 31 "Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of ⁶³three years I did not cease to admonish each one ⁶⁴with tears. 32 "And now I ⁶⁵commend you to God and to ⁶⁶the word of His grace, which is able to ⁶⁷build you up and to give you ⁶⁸the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 "⁶⁹I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothes. 34 "You yourselves know that ⁷⁰these hands ministered to my own needs and to the ⁷¹men who were with me. 35 "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.'" 36 When he had said these things, he ⁷²knelt down and prayed with them all. 37 And ^tthey began to weep aloud and ^u73embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, 38 ^vgrieving especially over ⁷⁴the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were ⁷⁵accompanying him to the ship.