Acts Chapter 20
20:1 | And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto [him] the disciples, and embraced [them], and departed for to go into Macedonia. |
20:2 | And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, |
20:3 | 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. |
20:4 | 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. |
20:5 | These going before tarried for us at Troas. |
20:6 | And we sailed away from Philippi after the ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
20:7 | And upon the first ![]() ![]() |
20:8 | And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. |
20:9 | 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. |
20:10 | And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing [him] said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. |
20:11 | When he therefore was come up again, and had broken ![]() ![]() |
20:12 | And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. |
20:13 | 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. |
20:14 | And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. |
20:15 | And we sailed thence, and came the next ![]() ![]() ![]() |
20:16 | For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
20:17 | And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the ![]() |
20:18 | And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first ![]() |
20:19 | 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: |
20:20 | [And] how I kept back nothing that was profitable [unto you], but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from ![]() ![]() |
20:21 | Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord ![]() |
20:22 | And now, behold, I go bound in the ![]() ![]() |
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20:24 | 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 ![]() |
20:25 | And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall ![]() |
20:26 | Wherefore I take you to record this ![]() |
20:27 | For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. |
20:28 | Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the ![]() |
20:29 | For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. |
20:30 | Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. |
20:31 | Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and ![]() |
20:32 | 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. |
20:33 | I have coveted no man' silver, or ![]() |
20:34 | Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. |
20:35 | I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord ![]() |
20:36 | And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. |
20:37 | And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul' neck, and kissed him, |
20:38 | Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should ![]() |