After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for ^athe disciples, and when he had ¹encouraged them and taken his leave of them, he left ^bto go to ^cMacedonia. 2 When he had gone through those regions and had given them much ¹encouragement, he came to Greece. 3 And there he spent 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. 4 And ¹he was accompanied by Sopater of ^aBerea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by ^bAristarchus and Secundus of the ^cThessalonians, and ^dGaius of ^eDerbe, and ^fTimothy, and ^gTychicus and ^hTrophimus of ²ⁱAsia. 5 Now these had gone on ahead and were waiting for ^aus at ^bTroas. 6 ^aWe sailed from ^bPhilippi after ^1cthe days of Unleavened Bread, and reached them at ^dTroas within five days; and we stayed there for seven days.

7 On ^athe first day of the week, when ^bwe were gathered together to ^cbreak bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his ¹message until midnight. 8 There were many ^alamps in the ^bupstairs room where we were gathered together. 9 And there was a young man named ¹Eutychus sitting ²on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, Eutychus was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor, and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down and ^afell upon him, and after embracing him, he ^bsaid, “¹Do not be troubled, for ²he is still alive.” 11 When Paul had gone back up and had ^abroken the bread and ¹eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. 12 They took away the boy alive, and were ¹greatly comforted.

13 But ^awe went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go ¹by land. 14 And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. 15 Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day we came to ^aMiletus. 16 For Paul had decided to sail past ^aEphesus so that he would not have to lose time in ^1bAsia; for he was hurrying, if it might be possible for him ^cto be in Jerusalem ^dthe day of Pentecost.

17 From Miletus he sent word to ^aEphesus and called to himself ^bthe elders of the church. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them,“You yourselves know, ^afrom the first day that I set foot in ¹Asia, how I was with you the whole time, 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and trials which came upon me ¹through ^athe plots of the Jews; 20 how I ^adid not shrink from declaring to you anything that was beneficial, and teaching you publicly and ¹from house to house, 21 solemnly ^atestifying to both Jews and Greeks of ^brepentance toward God and ^cfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now, behold, bound by the ¹Spirit, ^aI am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that ^athe Holy Spirit solemnly ^btestifies to me in every city, saying that ^cchains and afflictions await me. 24 But ^aI do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may ^bfinish my course and ^cthe ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to ^dtestify solemnly of the gospel of ^eGod’s grace.

25 “And now behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about ^apreaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. 26 Therefore, I ¹testify to you this day that ^aI am ²innocent of the blood of all people. 27 For I ^adid not shrink from declaring to you the whole ^bpurpose of God. 28 Be on guard for yourselves and for all ^athe flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you ¹overseers, to shepherd ^bthe church of God which ^cHe ²purchased ³with His own blood. 29 I know that after my departure ^asavage wolves will come in among you, not sparing ^bthe flock; 30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away ^athe disciples after them. 31 Therefore, be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of ^athree years I did not cease to admonish each one ^bwith tears. 32 And now I ^aentrust you to God and to ^bthe word of His grace, which is able to ^cbuild you up and to give you ^dthe inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 ^aI have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes. 34 You yourselves know that ^athese hands served my own needs and the ^bmen who were with me. 35 In everything I showed you 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 to give than to receive.’”

36 When he had said these things, he ^aknelt down and prayed with them all. 37 And ¹they all began to weep aloud and ^2aembraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, 38 ¹grieving especially over ^athe word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were ^baccompanying him to the ship.