Acts 20 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Paul in Macedonia and Greece

Act 20:1And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

Act 20:2

Act 20:2And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

Act 20:3

Act 20:3And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

Act 20:4

Act 20:4And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

Act 20:5

Act 20:5But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

Act 20:6

Act 20:6And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

Act 20:7

Act 20:7And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

Act 20:8

Act 20:8And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

Act 20:9

Act 20:9And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

Act 20:10

Act 20:10And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

Act 20:11

Act 20:11And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

Act 20:12

Act 20:12And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted.

Troas to Miletus

Act 20:13

Act 20:13But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

Act 20:14

Act 20:14And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

Act 20:15

Act 20:15And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

Act 20:16

Act 20:16For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

Farewell to Ephesus

Act 20:17

Act 20:17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

Act 20:18

Act 20:18And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

Act 20:19

Act 20:19Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

Act 20:20

Act 20:20And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

Act 20:21

Act 20:21Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Act 20:22

Act 20:22And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

Act 20:23

Act 20:23Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

Act 20:24

Act 20:24But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

Act 20:25

Act 20:25And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

Act 20:26

Act 20:26And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

Act 20:27

Act 20:27For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

Act 20:28

Act 20:28Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

Act 20:29

Act 20:29I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

Act 20:30

Act 20:30And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

Act 20:31

Act 20:31So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

Act 20:32

Act 20:32And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

Act 20:33

Act 20:33I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

Act 20:34

Act 20:34You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

Act 20:35

Act 20:35In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Act 20:36

Act 20:36And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

Act 20:37

Act 20:37And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

Act 20:38

Act 20:38Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.