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Acts 20 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Paul in Macedonia and Greece

Act 20:1

After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had [fn]encouraged them and taken his leave of them, he left to go to Macedonia.

Act 20:2When he had gone through those regions and had given them much [fn]encouragement, he came to Greece.
Act 20:3And there he spent three months, and when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
Act 20:4And [fn]he was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of [fn]Asia.
Act 20:5Now these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.
Act 20:6We sailed from Philippi after [fn]the days of Unleavened Bread, and reached them at Troas within five days; and we stayed there for seven days.
Act 20:7

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his [fn]message until midnight.

Act 20:8There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered together.
Act 20:9And there was a young man named [fn]Eutychus sitting [fn]on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, Eutychus was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor, and was picked up dead.
Act 20:10But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, “[fn]Do not be troubled, for [fn]he is still alive.”
Act 20:11When Paul had gone back up and had broken the bread and [fn]eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.
Act 20:12They took away the boy alive, and were [fn]greatly comforted.

Troas to Miletus

Act 20:13

But we went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go [fn]by land.

Act 20:14And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.
Act 20:15Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
Act 20:16For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he would not have to lose time in [fn]Asia; for he was hurrying, if it might be possible for him to be in Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

Farewell to Ephesus

Act 20:17

From Miletus he sent word to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the church.

Act 20:18And when they came to him, he said to them,

“You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in [fn]Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

Act 20:19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and trials which came upon me [fn]through the plots of the Jews;
Act 20:20how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was beneficial, and teaching you publicly and [fn]from house to house,
Act 20:21solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Act 20:22“And now, behold, bound by the [fn]Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
Act 20:23except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that chains and afflictions await me.
Act 20:24“But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of God’s grace.
Act 20:25

“And now behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face.

Act 20:26“Therefore, I [fn]testify to you this day that I am [fn]innocent of the blood of all people.
Act 20:27“For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.
Act 20:28“Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you [fn]overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He [fn]purchased [fn]with His own blood.
Act 20:29“I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
Act 20:30and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.
Act 20:31“Therefore, be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears.
Act 20:32“And now I entrust you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Act 20:33“I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes.
Act 20:34“You yourselves know that these hands served my own needs and the men who were with me.
Act 20:35“In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’
Act 20:36

When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

Act 20:37And [fn]they all began to weep aloud and [fn]embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,
Act 20:38[fn]grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.
NASB20 Footnotes
Or exhorted
Or exhortation
Lit there accompanied him
I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor
I.e., Passover week
Lit word, speech
Eutychus means good fortune; i.e., “Lucky”
Or at the window
Or Stop being troubled
Lit his soul is in him
Lit tasted
Lit not moderately
Or on foot
I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor
See note v 16
Lit by
Or in the various private homes
Or in spirit
Or call you to witness
Lit pure from
Or bishops
Lit acquired
Lit through
Lit a considerable weeping of all occurred
Lit threw themselves on Paul’s neck
Lit suffering pain
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