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For Sha'ul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Yerushalayim on the day of Shavu`ot.
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From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the Zakenim of the assembly.
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When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,
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serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Yehudim;
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how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
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testifying both to Yehudim and to Yevanim repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
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Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Yerushalayim, not knowing what will happen to me there;
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except that the Ruach HaKodesh testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
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But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Yeshua, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
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Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
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Therefore I testify to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men,