| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers and encouraged them. Then he said good-bye and left for Macedonia. | 1When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia. |
| 2While there, he encouraged the believers in all the towns he passed through. Then he traveled down to Greece, | 2After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece, |
| 3where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Syria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his life, so he decided to return through Macedonia. | 3where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia. |
| 4Several men were traveling with him. They were Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. | 4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. |
| 5They went on ahead and waited for us at Troas. | 5These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas. |
| 6After the Passover ended, we boarded a ship at Philippi in Macedonia and five days later joined them in Troas, where we stayed a week. Paul’s Final Visit to Troas | 6And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days. |
| 7On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper. Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight. | 7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight. |
| 8The upstairs room where we met was lighted with many flickering lamps. | 8Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. |
| 9As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, sitting on the windowsill, became very drowsy. Finally, he fell sound asleep and dropped three stories to his death below. | 9And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead. |
| 10Paul went down, bent over him, and took him into his arms. “Don’t worry,” he said, “he’s alive!” | 10But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!” |
| 11Then they all went back upstairs, shared in the Lord’s Supper, and ate together. Paul continued talking to them until dawn, and then he left. | 11Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed. |
| 12Meanwhile, the young man was taken home alive and well, and everyone was greatly relieved. Paul Meets the Ephesian Elders | 12And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive. |
| 13Paul went by land to Assos, where he had arranged for us to join him, while we traveled by ship. | 13We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot. |
| 14He joined us there, and we sailed together to Mitylene. | 14And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. |
| 15The next day we sailed past the island of Kios. The following day we crossed to the island of Samos, and a day later we arrived at Miletus. | 15Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus. |
| 16Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, for he didn’t want to spend any more time in the province of Asia. He was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if possible, in time for the Festival of Pentecost. | 16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost. |
| 17But when we landed at Miletus, he sent a message to the elders of the church at Ephesus, asking them to come and meet him. | 17From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. |
| 18When they arrived he declared, “You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now | 18When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia. |
| 19I have done the Lord’s work humbly and with many tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews. | 19I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews. |
| 20I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes. | 20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house, |
| 21I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike—the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus. | 21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 22“And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what awaits me, | 22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. |
| 23except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead. | 23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me. |
| 24But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. | 24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. |
| 25“And now I know that none of you to whom I have preached the Kingdom will ever see me again. | 25Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again. |
| 26I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault, | 26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. |
| 27for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know. | 27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God. |
| 28“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood —over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders. | 28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. |
| 29I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock. | 29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. |
| 30Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following. | 30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. |
| 31Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you—my constant watch and care over you night and day, and my many tears for you. | 31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears. |
| 32“And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself. | 32And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified. |
| 33“I have never coveted anyone’s silver or gold or fine clothes. | 33I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing. |
| 34You know that these hands of mine have worked to supply my own needs and even the needs of those who were with me. | 34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions. |
| 35And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” | 35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” |
| 36When he had finished speaking, he knelt and prayed with them. | 36When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. |
| 37They all cried as they embraced and kissed him good-bye. | 37They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him. |
| 38They were sad most of all because he had said that they would never see him again. Then they escorted him down to the ship. | 38They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship. |
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