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Andwe went beforetoship, and saileduntoAssos,thereintending to take inPaul:forso had heappointed, mindinghimself to go afoot.
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Andwhen he met with usatAssos, we tookhimin, and cametoMitylene.
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And we sailedthence, and came the next day over againstChios;and the next day we arrivedatSamos,andtarriedatTrogyllium; and the next day we cametoMiletus.
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ForPaul had determined to sail byEphesus,becausehewouldnot spend the timeinAsia:for he hasted, if it werepossible for him, to beatJerusalem the day of Pentecost.
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AndfromMiletus he senttoEphesus, and called the elders of the church.
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Andwhen they were cometohim, he said unto them,Yeknow, from the firstdaythatIcameintoAsia, after what manner I have beenwithyou at allseasons,
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Serving the Lordwithall humility of mind,and with manytears,andtemptations,whichbefellmeby the lying in wait of the Jews:
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And how I kept backnothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewedyou,and have taughtyoupublickly,andfrom house to house,
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Testifyingboth to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,repentancetowardGod,andfaithtowardourLordJesusChrist.
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Andnow,behold, Igobound in the spirituntoJerusalem,notknowing the things that shall befallmethere*:
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Savethat the HolyGhostwitnesseth in everycity,sayingthatbondsandafflictionsabideme.[a]
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Butnone of these things move me, neither count Imylifedear unto myself,so that I might finishmycoursewithjoy,and the ministry,which I have receivedof the LordJesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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Andnow,behold, Iknowthatyeall,amongwhom I have gonepreaching the kingdom of God, shall seemyface no more.
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Wherefore I takeyou to recordthis*day,thatI am purefrom the blood of all men.
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For I havenot*shunned to declare unto youall the counsel of God.
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Take heedtherefore unto yourselves,and to all the flock,over the which the HolyGhost hath madeyouoverseers, to feed the church of God,which he hath purchasedwith his ownblood.
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ForIknowthis,thataftermydeparting shall grievouswolves enter inamongyou,notsparing the flock.
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Alsoofyour own selvesshallmenarise, speaking perverse things, to draw awaydisciplesafterthem.
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Thereforewatch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceasednot to warneveryonenightanddaywithtears.
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Andnow,brethren, I commendyou to God,and to the word of hisgrace,which is able to build you up, and to giveyou an inheritanceamongall them which are sanctified.
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I have coveted no man'ssilver,orgold,orapparel.
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Yea, ye yourselvesknow, thatthesehands have ministered unto mynecessities,and to them that werewithme.
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I have shewedyou all things, how thatsolabouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the LordJesus,howhesaid, It ismoreblessed to givethan to receive.
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And when he had thusspoken, hekneeleddown, and prayedwiththemall.
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And they allwept*sore,andfellonPaul'sneck, and kissedhim,
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Sorrowing most of allfor the wordswhich he spake, that they shouldseehisface no more.And they accompaniedhimunto the ship.