1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul called the disciples to him, embraced them, and departed to go to Macedonia.
2 And when he had gone over those parts and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.
3 And having spent three months there, when the Jews laid a plot against him as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
4 And Sopater of Berea accompanied him as far as Asia, and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.
6 But we sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
7 And on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, ready to depart the next day, and he continued his speech until midnight.
8 And there were many lights in the upper room where they were gathered together.
9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, was being borne down by a deep sleep as Paul kept discoursing on and on; overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
10 But Paul went down, threw himself on him, and embracing him said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him."
11 And when he had gone up again and had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, until daybreak, he departed.
12 And they brought the boy in alive and were greatly comforted.
13 And we went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, there intending to take in Paul; for so he had appointed, meaning himself to go on foot.
14 And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and came to Mitylene.
15 And sailing from there, we came the next day opposite Chios; the following day we crossed over to Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.
18 And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I came into Asia, in what manner I have been with you the whole time,
19 serving the Lord with all humility and with many tears and trials that befell me through the plots of the Jews;
20 how I kept back nothing that was profitable, but declared it to you and taught you publicly and from house to house,
21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, look, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will befall me there,
23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
24 But I take no account of any of these things, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
25 And now, look, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
26 Therefore I take you to witness this day that I am pure from the blood of all;
27 for I did not hold back from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
30 and from among yourselves men will rise up speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch, remembering that for the space of three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
32 And now, brothers, 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 those who are sanctified.
33 I coveted no one's silver or gold or clothing.
34 You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my needs and to those who were with me.
35 In all things I showed you that, laboring thus, we ought to support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
36 And when he had thus spoken, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
37 And they all wept freely, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him repeatedly,
38 sorrowing most of all for the word he had spoken, that they would see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.