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    Acts 20

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    A young man fell three storeys during Paul's speech, was picked up dead, and then everyone went upstairs for bread while Paul carried on until dawn. The evening had, one might say, a fairly decisive interruption.

    The long night at Troasvv. 1–12

    After the uproar, Paul encouraged the disciples and set off through Macedonia and Greece, where a plot sent him back by way of Macedonia rather than onward to Syria. A large travelling party gathered around him: Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Timothy, Tychicus, and Trophimus. In Troas, on the first day of the week, Paul spoke until midnight in a lamp-filled upper room. Eutychus, seated in a window and losing a battle with sleep, fell from the third story and was picked up dead. Paul went down, embraced him, and declared him alive; then came bread, more speaking until daybreak, and a greatly relieved journey home for the boy.

    The farewell at Miletusvv. 13–38

    The company sailed through Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, and on to Miletus, while Paul hurried towards Jerusalem and deliberately sailed past Ephesus. From Miletus he summoned the Ephesian elders and gave them a farewell speech: he recalled his tears, his public and household teaching, and his testimony to Jews and Greeks. He did not know what awaited him in Jerusalem, except that the Holy Spirit warned of chains and afflictions. Paul expected not to see these elders again, warned them about savage wolves and men who would distort the truth, and committed them to God and the word of his grace. He ended by kneeling in prayer; the elders wept, embraced him, kissed him, and accompanied him to the ship. A speech that began with ministry and wolves concluded, quite properly, in tears beside a ship.

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    1. Acts 20:1When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.

    2. Acts 20:2After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,

    3. Acts 20:3where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

    4. Acts 20:4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

    5. Acts 20:5These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

    6. Acts 20:6And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

    7. Acts 20:7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.

    8. Acts 20:8Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

    9. Acts 20:9And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

    10. Acts 20:10But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

    11. Acts 20:11Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

    12. Acts 20:12And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

    13. Acts 20:13We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.

    14. Acts 20:14And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.

    15. Acts 20:15Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.

    16. Acts 20:16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

    17. Acts 20:17From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

    18. Acts 20:18When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

    19. Acts 20:19I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

    20. Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

    21. Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

    22. Acts 20:22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

    23. Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

    24. Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

    25. Acts 20:25Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

    26. Acts 20:26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

    27. Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

    28. Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

    29. Acts 20:29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

    30. Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

    31. Acts 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

    32. Acts 20:32And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

    33. Acts 20:33I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

    34. Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

    35. Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

    36. Acts 20:36When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

    37. Acts 20:37They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

    38. Acts 20:38They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

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    • 35Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
    • 35Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
    • 352 Corinthians 9:6–12Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
    • 35Luke 14:12–14Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
    • 35Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
    • 242 Timothy 4:6–8For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
    • 281 Peter 5:2–3Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
    • 242 Corinthians 12:10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
    • 242 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
    • 352 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
    • 281 Timothy 4:16Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
    • 241 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
    • 351 Thessalonians 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
    • 24Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
    • 35Isaiah 58:7–12Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
    • 32Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

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