Acts 20-21

Acts 20

¹And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced them, went forth to go on to Macedonia;

²and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;

³having made also three months' stay -- a counsel of the Jews having been against him -- being about to set forth to Syria, there came to him a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

⁴And there were accompanying him unto Asia, Sopater of Berea, and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of Asiatics Tychicus and Trophimus;

⁵these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,

⁶and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

⁷And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

⁸and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,

⁹and there was sitting a certain youth, by name Eutychus, upon the window -- being borne down by a deep sleep, Paul discoursing long -- he having sunk down from the sleep, fell down from the third story, and was lifted up dead.

¹⁰And Paul, having gone down, fell upon him, and having embraced him, said, ‘Make no tumult, for his life is in him;'

¹¹and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked -- till daylight, so he went forth,

¹²and they brought up the lad alive, and were comforted in no ordinary measure.

¹³And we having gone before unto the ship, did sail to Assos, thence intending to take in Paul, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go on foot;

¹⁴and when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,

¹⁵and thence having sailed, on the morrow we came over-against Chios, and the next day we arrived at Samos, and having remained in Trogyllium, on the following day we came to Miletus,

¹⁶for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he hasted, if it were possible for him, on the day of the Pentecost to be at Jerusalem.

¹⁷And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

¹⁸and when they were come unto him, he said to them, ‘Ye -- ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;

¹⁹serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against me;

²⁰how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,

²¹testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

²²‘And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,

²³save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;

²⁴but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

²⁵‘And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, -- ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

²⁶wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all,

²⁷for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

²⁸‘Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

²⁹for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

³⁰and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

³¹‘Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

³²and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

³³‘The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;

³⁴and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands;

³⁵all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth us to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

³⁶And these things having said, having bowed his knees, with them all, he did pray,

³⁷and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

³⁸sorrowing most of all for the word that he had said -- that they are about no more to see his face; and they were accompanying him to the ship.

Acts 21

¹And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara,

²and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,

³and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading.

⁴And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;

⁵but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees upon the shore, we prayed,

⁶and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.

⁷And we, having finished the course, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them;

⁸and on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Cesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist -- who is of the seven -- we remained with him,

⁹and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.

¹⁰And we remaining many more days, there came down a certain one from Judea, a prophet, by name Agabus,

¹¹and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, ‘Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle -- so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver him up to the hands of nations.'

¹²And when we heard these things, we called upon him -- both we, and those of that place -- not to go up to Jerusalem,

¹³and Paul answered, ‘What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

¹⁴and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, ‘The will of the Lord be done.'

¹⁵And after these days, having taken our vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,

¹⁶and there went also of the disciples from Cesarea with us, bringing with them him with whom we may lodge, a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an aged disciple.

¹⁷And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren did gladly receive us,

¹⁸and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,

¹⁹and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,

²⁰and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, ‘Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,

²¹and they are instructed concerning thee, that apostacy from Moses thou dost teach to all Jews among the nations, saying -- Not to circumcise the children, nor after the customs to walk;

²²what then is it? certainly the multitude it behoveth to come together, for they will hear that thou hast come.

²³‘This, therefore, do that we say to thee: We have four men having a vow on themselves,

²⁴these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk -- thyself also -- the law keeping.

²⁵‘And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.'

²⁶Then Paul, having taken the men, on the following day, with them having purified himself, was entering into the temple, announcing the fulfilment of the days of the purification, till the offering was offered for each one of them.

²⁷And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,

²⁸crying out, ‘Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;'

²⁹for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.

³⁰All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut,

³¹and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,

³²who, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.

³³Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

³⁴and some were crying out one thing, and some another, among the multitude, and not being able to know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried to the castle,

³⁵and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,

³⁶for the crowd of the people was following after, crying, ‘Away with him.'

³⁷And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, ‘Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, ‘Greek dost thou know?

³⁸art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?'

³⁹And Paul said, ‘I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

⁴⁰And he having given him leave, Paul having stood upon the stairs, did beckon with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew dialect, saying: