Acts of the Apostles 20

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 When the disturbance was over, Paul sent for the disciples and, after speaking words ofencouragement to them, said good -- bye and set out for Macedonia.	1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
2 On his way through those areas he said many words of encouragement to them and then made hisway into Greece,	2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
3 where he spent three months. He was leaving by ship for Syria when a plot organised against him bythe Jews made him decide to go back by way of Macedonia.	3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
4 He was accompanied by Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, who came from Beroea; Aristarchus and Secunduswho came from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus who werefrom Asia.	4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 They al went on to Troas where they waited for us.	5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
6 We ourselves left Philippi by ship after the days of Unleavened Bread and joined them five days later atTroas, where we stayed for a week.	6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
7 On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread. Paul was due to leave the next day, andhe preached a sermon that went on til the middle of the night.	7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
8 A number of lamps were lit in the upstairs room where we were assembled,	8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
9 and as Paul went on and on, a young man called Eutychus who was sitting on the window-sil grewdrowsy and was overcome by sleep and fel to the ground three floors below. He was picked up dead.	9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
10 Paul went down and stooped to clasp the boy to him, saying, 'There is no need to worry, there is stillife in him.'	10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
11 Then he went back upstairs where he broke the bread and ate and carried on talking til he left atdaybreak.	11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
12 They took the boy away alive, and were greatly encouraged.	12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
13 We were now to go on ahead by sea, so we set sail for Assos, where we were to take Paul on board;this was what he had arranged, for he wanted to go overland.	13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
14 When he rejoined us at Assos we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.	14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
15 The next day we sailed from there and arrived opposite Chios. The second day we touched at Samosand, after stopping at Trogyllium, made Miletus the next day.	15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
16 Paul had decided to pass wide of Ephesus so as to avoid spending time in Asia, since he wasanxious to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.	16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
17 From Miletus he sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus.	17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
18 When they arrived he addressed these words to them: 'You know what my way of life has been eversince the first day I set foot among you in Asia,	18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
19 how I have served the Lord in al humility, with al the sorrows and trials that came to me through theplots of the Jews.	19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 I have not hesitated to do anything that would be helpful to you; I have preached to you and instructedyou both in public and in your homes,	20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
21 urging both Jews and Greeks to turn to God and to believe in our Lord Jesus.	21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 'And now you see me on my way to Jerusalem in captivity to the Spirit; I have no idea what wilhappen to me there,	22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23 except that the Holy Spirit, in town after town, has made it clear to me that imprisonment andpersecution await me.	23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24 But I do not place any value on my own life, provided that I complete the mission the Lord Jesus gaveme -- to bear witness to the good news of God's grace.	24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25 'I now feel sure that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom wil eversee my face again.	25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
26 And so on this very day I swear that my conscience is clear as far as all of you are concerned,	26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27 for I have without faltering put before you the whole of God's purpose.	27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 'Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you theguardians, to feed the Church of God which he bought with the blood of his own Son.	28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29 'I know quite wel that when I have gone fierce wolves wil invade you and will have no mercy on theflock.	29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Even from your own ranks there wil be men coming forward with a travesty of the truth on their lips toinduce the disciples to fol ow them.	30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31 So be on your guard, remembering how night and day for three years I never slackened in counsel ingeach one of you with tears.	31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace that has power to build you up and togive you your inheritance among all the sanctified.	32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
33 'I have never asked anyone for money or clothes;	33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34 you know for yourselves that these hands of mine earned enough to meet my needs and those of mycompanions.	34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
35 By every means I have shown you that we must exert ourselves in this way to support the weak,remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who himself said, "There is more happiness in giving than inreceiving." '	35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
36 When he had finished speaking he knelt down with them all and prayed.	36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
37 By now they were all in tears; they put their arms round Paul's neck and kissed him;	37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
38 what saddened them most was his saying they would never see his face again. Then they escortedhim to the ship.	38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.