Acts 20:1-16

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 he 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 ¹⁵Asia.

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 message until midnight.

8 There were many ²⁵lamps in the ²⁶upper room where we were gathered together.

9 And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on 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, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him."

11 When he had gone back up and had ²⁹broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.

12 They took away the boy alive, and were greatly * 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 by 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 ³³Asia; for he was hurrying ³⁴to be in Jerusalem, if possible, ³⁵on the day of Pentecost.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 11:26
• 2. Acts 19:21
• 3. Acts 16:9; Acts 20:3
• 4. Acts 9:23; Acts 20:19
• 5. Matthew 4:24
• 6. Acts 16:9; Acts 20:1
• 7. Acts 17:10
• 8. Acts 19:29
• 9. Acts 17:1
• 10. Acts 19:29
• 11. Acts 14:6
• 12. Acts 16:1
• 13. Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:12; Titus 3:12
• 14. Acts 21:29; 2 Timothy 4:20
• 15. Acts 16:6; Acts 20:16, 18
• 16. Acts 16:10; Acts 20:5-15
• 17. Acts 16:8
• 18. Acts 16:10; Acts 20:5-15
• 19. Acts 16:12
• 20. Acts 12:3
• 21. Acts 16:8
• 22. 1 Corinthians 16:2; Revelation 1:10
• 23. Acts 16:10; Acts 20:5-15
• 24. Acts 2:42; Acts 20:11
• 25. Matthew 25:1
• 26. Acts 1:13
• 27. 1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:34
• 28. Matthew 9:23; Mark 5:39
• 29. Acts 2:42; Acts 20:7
• 30. Acts 16:10; Acts 20:5-15
• 31. Acts 20:17; 2 Timothy 4:20
• 32. Acts 18:19
• 33. Acts 16:6; Acts 20:4, 18
• 34. Acts 19:21; Acts 20:6, 22; 1 Corinthians 16:8
• 35. Acts 2:1

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "there accompanied him"
• [b] I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
• [c] Lit "word, speech"
• [d] "Eutychus" means "Good fortune", i.e. `Lucky'
• [e] Or "at the window"
• [f] Or "Stop being troubled"
• [g] Lit "tasted"
• [h] Lit "not moderately"
• [i] Or "on foot"
• [j] I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor