Paul in Macedonia and Greece

¹After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and qdeparted for Macedonia. ²When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. ³There he spent three months, and when ra plot was made against him by the Jews1 as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. ⁴Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, sAristarchus and Secundus; and sGaius of Derbe, and tTimothy; and the Asians, uTychicus and vTrophimus. ⁵These went on ahead and were waiting for wus at xTroas, ⁶but we sailed away from Philippi after ythe days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

Eutychus Raised from the Dead

⁷zOn the first day of the week, when we were gathered together ato break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. ⁸There were many lamps in bthe upper room where we were gathered. ⁹And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he cfell down from the third story and was taken up dead. ¹⁰But Paul went down and dbent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, e“Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” ¹¹And when Paul had gone up and fhad broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. ¹²And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.

¹³But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land. ¹⁴And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. ¹⁵And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and2 the day after that we went to Miletus. ¹⁶For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening gto be at Jerusalem, if possible, hon the day of Pentecost.

Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders

¹⁷Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called ithe elders of the church to come to him. ¹⁸And when they came to him, he said to them:

j“You yourselves know khow I lived among you the whole time jfrom the first day that I set foot in Asia, ¹⁹lserving the Lord mwith all humility and with ntears and with trials that happened to me through othe plots of the Jews; ²⁰how I pdid not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and qteaching you in public and from house to house, ²¹rtestifying both to Jews and to Greeks of srepentance toward God and of tfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ.3 ²²And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained uby4 the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, ²³except that vthe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that wimprisonment and xafflictions await me. ²⁴But yI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only zI may finish my course and athe ministry bthat I received from the Lord Jesus, cto testify to dthe gospel of ethe grace of God. ²⁵And now, behold, fI know that none of you among whom I have gone about gproclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. ²⁶Therefore hI testify to you this day that iI am innocent of the blood of all, ²⁷for jI did not shrink from declaring to you kthe whole counsel of God. ²⁸lPay careful attention to yourselves and to all mthe flock, in which nthe Holy Spirit has made you ooverseers, pto care for qthe church of God,5 which he robtained swith his own blood.6 ²⁹I rknow that after my departure tfierce wolves will come in among you, unot sparing the flock; ³⁰and vfrom among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹Therefore wbe alert, remembering that xfor three years I did not cease night or day yto admonish every one zwith tears. ³²And now aI commend you to God and to bthe word of his grace, which is able to cbuild you up and to give you dthe inheritance among all those who are sanctified. ³³eI coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. ³⁴fYou yourselves know that gthese hands ministered to my necessities and hto those who were with me. ³⁵In all things iI have shown you that jby working hard in this way we must khelp the weak and lremember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed mto give than to receive.’”

³⁶And when he had said these things, nhe knelt down and prayed with them all. ³⁷And othere was much weeping on the part of all; pthey embraced Paul and pkissed him, ³⁸being sorrowful most of all because of qthe word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And rthey accompanied him to the ship.

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