After the uproar had ended, Paul sent for ^athe disciples, and when he had encouraged them he told them goodbye, and set off ^bto go to ^1cMacedonia. 2 After he had gone through those districts and had encouraged the believers, he came to Greece. 3 And he stayed three months, and when ^aa plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for ^bSyria, he decided to return through ^cMacedonia (northern Greece) . 4 He was accompanied by Sopater of ^aBerea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by ^bAristarchus and Secundus of the ^cThessalonians, and by ^dGaius of ^eDerbe, and ^fTimothy, and ^gTychicus and ^hTrophimus of ⁱAsia. 5 These men went on ahead and were waiting for ^aus (including Luke) at ^bTroas. 6 ^aWe sailed from ^bPhilippi after ^cthe days of Unleavened Bread (Passover week) , and within five days we reached them at ^dTroas, where we stayed for seven days.

7 Now on ^athe first day of the week (Sunday) , when ^bwe were gathered together to ^cbreak bread (share communion) , Paul began talking with them, intending to leave the next day; and he kept on with his message until midnight. 8 Now there were many ^alamps in the ^bupper room where we were assembled, 9 and there was a young man named Eutychus (“Lucky”) sitting on the window sill. He was sinking into a deep sleep, and as Paul ¹kept on talking longer and longer, he was completely overcome by sleep and fell down from the third story; and he was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down and ^athrew himself on him and embraced him, and ^bsaid to those standing around him, “Do not be troubled, because ¹he is alive.” 11 When Paul had gone back upstairs and had ^abroken the bread and eaten, he talked informally and confidentially with them for a long time—until daybreak in fact—and then he left. 12 They took the boy Eutychus home alive, and were greatly comforted and encouraged.

13 But ^awe went on ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go a shorter route by land. 14 So when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and sailed on to Mitylene. 15 Sailing from there, we arrived the next day at a point opposite Chios; the following day we crossed over to Samos, and the next day we arrived at ^aMiletus about 30 miles south of Ephesus. 16 Paul had decided to sail on past ^aEphesus so that he would not end up spending time unnecessarily in the province of ^bAsia (modern Turkey) ; for he was in a hurry ^cto be in Jerusalem, if possible, ^don the day of ¹Pentecost.

17 However, from Miletus he sent word to ^aEphesus and summoned ^bthe elders of the church to meet him there. 18 And when they arrived he said to them:“You know well how I lived when I was with you, ^afrom the first day that I set foot in Asia until now, 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and trials which came on me because of ^athe plots of the Jews against me; 20 you know how I ^adid not shrink back in fear from telling you anything that was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public meetings, and from house to house, 21 solemnly and wholeheartedly ^atestifying to both Jews and Greeks, urging them to turn in ^brepentance to God and to have ^cfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. 22 And now, compelled by the Spirit and obligated by my convictions, ^aI am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that ^athe Holy Spirit solemnly and emphatically ^baffirms to me in city after city that ^cimprisonment and suffering await me. 24 But ^aI do not consider my life as something of value or dear to me, so that I may with joy ^bfinish my course and ^cthe ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to ^dtestify faithfully of the good news of ^eGod’s precious, undeserved grace which makes us free of the guilt of sin and grants us eternal life.

25 “And now, listen carefully: I know that none of you, among whom I went about ^apreaching the kingdom, ¹will see me again. 26 For that reason I testify to you on this our parting day that ^aI am innocent of the blood of all people. 27 For I ^adid not shrink from declaring to you the whole ^bpurpose and plan of God. 28 Take care and be on guard for yourselves and for the whole ^aflock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd (tend, feed, guide) ^bthe church of God which ^cHe bought with His own blood. 29 I know that after I am gone, false teachers like ^aferocious wolves will come in among you, not sparing ^bthe flock; 30 even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away ^athe disciples after themselves as their followers. 31 Therefore be continually alert, remembering that for ^athree years, night or day, I did not stop admonishing and advising each one of you ^bwith tears. 32 And now I ^acommend you to God placing you in His protective, loving care and I commend you to ^bthe word of His grace the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor. His grace is able to ^cbuild you up and to give you the rightful ^dinheritance among all those who are sanctified that is, among those who are set apart for God’s purpose—all believers. 33 ^aI had no desire for anyone’s silver or gold or expensive clothes. 34 You know personally that ^athese hands ministered to my own needs working in manual labor and to those of the ^bpeople who were with me. 35 In everything I showed you by example that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed and brings greater joy to give than to receive.’”

36 When he had said these things, he ^aknelt down and prayed with them all. 37 And ¹they began to weep openly and ^athrew their arms around Paul’s neck, and repeatedly kissed him, 38 grieving and distressed especially over ^athe word which he had spoken, that they would not see him again. And they ^baccompanied him to the ship.