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⁶we ourselves set sail from Philippi after the Passover season, and in five days reached them at Troas, where we spent a week.

Paul's Farewell Visit to Troas

Chapter: 20

⁷On the Saturday night, in our assembly for the breaking of bread, Paul, who was to leave next day, addressed them, and went on speaking until midnight. ⁸Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were assembled; ⁹and a youth named Eutychus, who was sitting on the window-ledge, grew more and more sleepy as Paul went on talking. At last he was completely overcome by sleep, fell from the third floor to the ground, and was picked up for dead. ¹⁰Paul went down, threw himself upon him, seizing him in his arms, and said to them, 'Stop this commotion: there is still life in him.' ¹¹He then went upstairs, broke bread and ate, and after much conversation, which lasted until dawn, he departed. ¹²And they took the boy away alive and were immensely comforted.

The Voyage from Troas to Miletus

Chapter: 20

¹³We went ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement, as he was going to travel by road. ¹⁴When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. ¹⁵Next day we sailed from there and arrived opposite Chios, and on the second day we made Samos. On the following day we reached Miletus. ¹⁶For Paul had decided to pass by Ephesus and so avoid having to spend time in the province of Asia; he was eager to be in Jerusalem, if he possibly could, on the day of Pentecost.

Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders

Chapter: 20

¹⁷He did, however, send from Miletus to Ephesus and summon the elders of the congregation; ¹⁸and when they joined him, he spoke as follows:

'You know how, from the day that I first set foot in the province of Asia, for the whole time that I was with you, ¹⁹I served the Lord in all humility amid the sorrows and trials that came upon me through the machinations of the Jews. ²⁰You know that I kept back nothing that was for your good: I delivered the message to you; I taught you, in public and in your homes; ²¹with Jews and pagans alike I insisted on repentance before God and trust in our Lord Jesus. ²²And now, as you see, I am on my way to Jerusalem, under the constraint of the Spirit. Of what will befall me there I know nothing, ²³except that in city after city the Holy Spirit assures me that imprisonment and hardships await me. ²⁴For myself, I set no store by life; I only want to finish the race, and complete the task which the Lord Jesus assigned to me, of bearing my testimony to the gospel of God's grace.
²⁵'One word more: I have gone about among you proclaiming the Kingdom, but now I know that none of you will see my face again. ²⁶That being so, I here and now declare that no man's fate can be laid at my door; for I have kept back nothing; ²⁷I have disclosed to you the whole purpose of God. ²⁸Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has given you charge, as shepherds of the church of the Lord, which he won for himself by his own blood. ²⁹I know that when I am gone, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. ³⁰Even from your own body there will be men coming forward who will distort the truth to induce the disciples to break away and follow them. ³¹So be on the alert; remember how for three years, night and day, I never ceased to counsel each of you, and how I wept over you.
³²'And now I commend you to God and to his gracious word, which has power to build you up and give you your heritage among all who are dedicated to him. ³³I have not wanted anyone's money or clothes for myself; ³⁴you all know that these hands of mine earned enough for the needs of me and my companions. ³⁵I showed you that it is our duty to help the weak in this way, by hard work, and that we should keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, who himself said, "Happiness lies more in giving than in receiving."'
³⁶As he finished speaking, he knelt down with them all and prayed. ³⁷Then there were loud cries of sorrow from them all, as they folded Paul in their arms and kissed him. ³⁸What distressed them most was his saying that they would never see his face again. So they escorted him to his ship.

Paul's Journey to Jerusalem

Chapter: 21

¹When we had parted from them and set sail, we made a straight run and came to Cos; next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara. ²There we found a ship bound for Phoenicia, so we went aboard and sailed in her. ³We came in sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on our port beam, we continued our voyage to Syria, and put in at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo. ⁴We went and found the disciples and stayed there a week; and they, warned by the Spirit, urged Paul to abandon his visit to Jerusalem. ⁵But when our time ashore was ended, we left and continued our journey; and they and their wives and children all escorted us out of the city. We knelt down on the beach and prayed, ⁶then bade each other good-bye; we went aboard, and they returned home.
⁷We made the passage from Tyre and reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brotherhood and spent a one day with them. ⁸Next day we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him. ⁹He had four unmarried daughters, who possessed the gift of prophecy. ¹⁰When we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judaea. ¹¹He came to us, took Paul's belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, 'These are the words of the Holy Spirit: Thus will the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man to whom this belt belongs, and hand him over to the Gentiles.' ¹²When we heard this, we and the local people begged and implored Paul to abandon his visit to Jerusalem. ¹³Then Paul gave his answer: 'Why all these tears? Why are you trying to weaken my resolution? For my part I am ready not merely to be bound but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus.' ¹⁴So, as he would not be persuaded, we gave up and said, 'The Lord's will be done.'
¹⁵At the end of our stay we packed our baggage and took the road up to Jerusalem. ¹⁶Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us, bringing a certain Mnason of Cyprus, a Christian from the early days, with whom we were to lodge.

Paul Visits James

Chapter: 21

¹⁷So we reached Jerusalem, where the brotherhood welcomed us gladly. ¹⁸Next day Paul paid a visit to James; we were with him, and all the elders attended.