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Paul
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Acts 20:1
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After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the
disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left
to go to Macedonia. |
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Acts 20:2
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When he had gone through those districts and
had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece. |
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Acts 20:3
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And 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. |
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Acts 20:4
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And 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 Asia. |
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Acts 20:5
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But these had gone on ahead and were waiting
for us at Troas. |
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Acts 20:6
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We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened
Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days. |
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Acts 20:7
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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 message until midnight. |
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Acts 20:8
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There were many lamps in the upper room where
we were gathered together. |
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Acts 20:9
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And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting
on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he
was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.
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Acts 20:10
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But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after
embracing him, he said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him." |
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Acts 20:11
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When he had gone back up and had broken the
bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. |
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Acts 20:12
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They took away the boy alive, and were greatly
comforted. |
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Troas to Miletus |
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Acts 20:13
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But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for
Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it,
intending himself to go by land. |
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Acts 20:14
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And when he met us at Assos, we took him on
board and came to Mitylene. |
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Acts 20:15
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Sailing from there, we arrived the following
day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day following
we came to Miletus. |
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Acts 20:16
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For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so
that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem,
if possible, on the day of Pentecost. |
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Farewell to Ephesus |
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Acts 20:17
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From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to
him the elders of the church. |
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Acts 20:18
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And when they had come to him, he said to them,
"You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with
you the whole time, |
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Acts 20:19
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serving the Lord with all humility and with
tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews; |
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Acts 20:20
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how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything
that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house, |
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Acts 20:21
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solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks
of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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Acts 20:22
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"And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am
on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, |
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Acts 20:23
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except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies
to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. |
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Acts 20:24
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"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 the grace of God. |
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Acts 20:25
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"And now, behold, I know that all of you, among
whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. |
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Acts 20:26
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"Therefore, I testify to you this day that I
am innocent of the blood of all men. |
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Acts 20:27
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"For I did not shrink from declaring to you
the whole purpose of God. |
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Acts 20:28
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"Be on guard for yourselves and for 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. |
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Acts 20:29
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"I know that after my departure savage wolves
will come in among you, not sparing the flock; |
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Acts 20:30
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and from among your own selves men will arise,
speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. |
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Acts 20:31
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"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. |
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Acts 20:32
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"And now I commend 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. |
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Acts 20:33
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"I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothes.
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Acts 20:34
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"You yourselves know that these hands ministered
to my own needs and to the men who were with me. |
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Acts 20:35
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"In everything I showed you that by working
hard in this manner 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.'" |
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Acts 20:36
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When he had said these things, he knelt down
and prayed with them all. |
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Acts 20:37
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And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul,
and repeatedly kissed him, |
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Acts 20:38
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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. |
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