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Acts - ch 20 v 1 - 20
- And after the uproar ceased, Paul having sent for the disciples and exhorted them, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
- And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.
- And when he had spent three months `there,' and a plot was laid against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
- And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Beroea, `the son' of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
- But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
- And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we tarried seven days.
- And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.
- And there were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together.
- And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
- And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Make ye no ado; for his life is in him.
- And when he was gone up, and had broken the bread, and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
- And they brought the lad alive, and were not a little comforted.
- But we going before to the ship set sail for Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, intending himself to go by land.
- And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
- And sailing from thence, we came the following day over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus.
- For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
- And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.
- And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time,
- serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;
- how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,
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