Acts of the Apostles 20

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 Then, after the tumult ceased, Paul, calling the disciples to himself and exhorting them, said farewell. And he set out, so that he might 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 walked through those areas and had exhorted them with many sermons, he went 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 After he had spent three months there, treacheries were planned against him by the Jews, just as he was about to sail into Syria. And having been advised of this, he 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 Now those accompanying him were Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus from Beroea; and also the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and also Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.
5 They al went on to Troas where they waited for us.	5 These, after they had gone ahead, waited 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 Yet truly, we sailed from Philippi, after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we went to them at Troas, where we stayed for 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 Then, on the first Sabbath, when we had assembled together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to set out the next day. But he prolonged his sermon into the middle of the night.
8 A number of lamps were lit in the upstairs room where we were assembled,	8 Now there were plenty of lamps in the upper room, where we were gathered.
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 a certain adolescent named Eutychus, sitting on the window sill, was being weighed down by a heavy drowsiness (for Paul was preaching at length). Then, as he went to sleep, he fell from the third floor room downward. And when he was lifted up, he was 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 When Paul had gone down to him, he laid himself over him and, embracing him, said, “Do not worry, for his soul is still within him.”
11 Then he went back upstairs where he broke the bread and ate and carried on talking til he left atdaybreak.	11 And so, going up, and breaking bread, and eating, and having spoken well on until daylight, he then set out.
12 They took the boy away alive, and were greatly encouraged.	12 Now they had brought the boy in alive, and they were more than a little consoled.
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 Then we climbed aboard the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take in Paul. For so he himself had decided, since he was making the journey by land.
14 When he rejoined us at Assos we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.	14 And when he had joined us at Assos, we took him in, and we went 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 sailing from there, on the following day, we arrived opposite Chios. And next we landed at Samos. And on the following day we went 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 decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not be delayed in Asia. For he was hurrying so that, if it were possible for him, he might observe the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.
17 From Miletus he sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus.	17 Then, sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called those greater by birth in 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 had come to him and were together, he said to them: “You know that from the first day when I entered into Asia, I have been with you, for the entire time, in this manner:
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 and despite the tears and trials which befell me from the treacheries 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 how I held back nothing that was of value, how well I have preached to you, and that I have taught you publicly and throughout the houses,
21 urging both Jews and Greeks to turn to God and to believe in our Lord Jesus.	21 testifying both to Jews and to Gentiles about repentance in God and faith in 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, being obliged in spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
23 except that the Holy Spirit, in town after town, has made it clear to me that imprisonment andpersecution await me.	23 except that the Holy Spirit, throughout every city, has cautioned me, saying that chains and tribulations await me at Jerusalem.
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 I dread none of these things. Neither do I consider my life to be more precious because it is my own, provided that in some way I may complete my own course and that of the ministry of the Word, which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to 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 you will no longer see my face, all of you among whom I have traveled, preaching the kingdom of God.
26 And so on this very day I swear that my conscience is clear as far as all of you are concerned,	26 For this reason, I call you as witnesses on this very day: that I am clean from the blood of all.
27 for I have without faltering put before you the whole of God's purpose.	27 For I have not turned aside in the least from announcing every counsel of God to you.
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 care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by 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 I know that after my departure ravenous wolves will enter 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 And from among yourselves, men will rise up, speaking perverse things in order to entice 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 Because of this, be vigilant, retaining in memory that throughout three years I did not cease, night and day, with tears, to admonish each and every one of you.
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, I commend you to God and to the Word of his grace. He has the power to build up, and to give an inheritance to all who are sanctified.
33 'I have never asked anyone for money or clothes;	33 I have coveted neither silver and gold, nor apparel,
34 you know for yourselves that these hands of mine earned enough to meet my needs and those of mycompanions.	34 as you yourselves know. For that which was needed by me and by those who are with me, these hands have provided.
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 revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary 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 said these things, kneeling down, he prayed with all of them.
37 By now they were all in tears; they put their arms round Paul's neck and kissed him;	37 Then a great weeping occurred among them all. And, falling upon the neck of Paul, they kissed him,
38 what saddened them most was his saying they would never see his face again. Then they escortedhim to the ship.	38 being grieved most of all over the word which he had said, that they would never see his face again. And they brought him to the ship.