Acts 20

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1. 1After the uproar had ceased, Paul called the disciples together, embraced them, and departed for Macedonia.
2. 2He traveled through that region, giving them much encouragement, and then came to Greece.
3. 3He stayed there three months. When the Jews plotted against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
4. 4He was accompanied into Asia by Sopater from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.
5. 5These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.
6. 6We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread and joined them at Troas five days later, where we stayed seven days.
7. 7On the first day of the week, when the disciples gathered to break bread, Paul spoke to them. Since he intended to leave the next day, he continued his message until midnight.
8. 8There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together.
9. 9A young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept speaking. Overcome by sleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
10. 10Paul went down, threw himself on him, and embraced him. "Don't be alarmed," he said, "for his life is in him."
11. 11Then he went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. He talked with them a long time, until daybreak, and then left.
12. 12They brought the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.
13. 13We went ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we planned to take Paul aboard, for he had arranged it this way, intending to go there on foot.
14. 14When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.
15. 15From there we sailed on, and the next day arrived off the coast of Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, stopped at Trogyllium, and the following day came to Miletus.
16. 16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
17. 17From Miletus he sent word to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.
18. 18When they arrived, he said to them, "You know how I lived among you the entire time, from the first day I set foot in Asia.
19. 19I served the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and through the trials that came upon me because of the plots of the Jews.
20. 20I held back nothing that was beneficial to you, but taught you publicly and from house to house.
21. 21I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
22. 22And now, look — I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there.
23. 23I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions await me.
24. 24But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus — to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
25. 25And now I know that none of you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom of God, will ever see my face again.
26. 26Therefore I declare to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all people.
27. 27For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
28. 28Take heed to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
29. 29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
30. 30Even from among your own number, men will rise up speaking twisted things to draw away disciples after themselves.
31. 31Therefore stay alert, and remember that for three years I did not stop warning each one of you night and day with tears.
32. 32And now, brothers, I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33. 33I have coveted no one's silver, gold, or clothing.
34. 34You yourselves know that these hands provided for my own needs and for those who were with me.
35. 35In all things I showed you that by laboring like this you must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
36. 36When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
37. 37They all wept deeply, fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
38. 38grieving most of all over his words that they would see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.