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Through Macedonia and Greece
When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.
When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.
He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece,
While there, he encouraged the believers in all the towns he passed through. Then he traveled down to Greece,
where he stayed three months. Because some Jews had plotted against him just as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Syria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his life, so he decided to return through Macedonia.
He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy also, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
Several men were traveling with him. They were Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.
They went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.
But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days.
Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.
The upstairs room where we met was lighted with many flickering lamps.
Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead.
As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, sitting on the windowsill, became very drowsy. Finally, he fell sound asleep and dropped three stories to his death below.
Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!”
Paul went down, bent over him, and took him into his arms. “Don’t worry,” he said, “he’s alive!”
Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left.
The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.
Meanwhile, the young man was taken home alive and well, and everyone was greatly relieved.
Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot.
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot.
Paul Meets the Ephesian Elders
Paul went by land to Assos, where he had arranged for us to join him, while we traveled by ship.
When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
He joined us there, and we sailed together to Mitylene.
The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.
Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, for he didn’t want to spend any more time in the province of Asia. He was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if possible, in time for the Festival of Pentecost.
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
But when we landed at Miletus, he sent a message to the elders of the church at Ephesus, asking them to come and meet him.
When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia.
When they arrived he declared, “You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now
I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.
I have done the Lord’s work humbly and with many tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews.
You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.
I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes.
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.
I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike — the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus.
“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.
except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead.
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me — the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus — the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
“Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again.
“And now I know that none of you to whom I have preached the Kingdom will ever see me again.
Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.
For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.
for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.
I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock.
Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.
Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following.
So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you — my constant watch and care over you night and day, and my many tears for you.
“Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
“And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.
I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
“I have never coveted anyone’s silver or gold or fine clothes.
You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.
You know that these hands of mine have worked to supply my own needs and even the needs of those who were with me.
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
When he had finished speaking, he knelt and prayed with them.
They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.
They all cried as they embraced and kissed him good-bye.