Paul in Macedonia and Greece 1 UDB After the people at Ephesus had stopped rioting, Paul called the believers together. He urged them to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Soon after that, he told them "Goodbye" and left to go to the region of Macedonia. BSB BSB: When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
2 UDB After he arrived there, he urged them to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Then he went to Greece. BSB BSB: After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
3 UDB He stayed in Greece for three months. Then he planned to return to Syria by ship, but he heard that some of the Jews there were planning to kill him as he traveled. So he decided to go by land, and he went again through Macedonia. BSB BSB: where 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.
4 UDB The men who were going to travel with him to Jerusalem were Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, from the town of Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus, who were from the city of Thessalonica; Gaius, who was from the city of Derbe; Timothy, who was from the region of Galatia; and Tychicus and Trophimus, who were from the province of Asia. BSB BSB: Paul 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.
5 UDB Those seven men went ahead by ship from Macedonia, so they got to the city of Troas before we arrived. BSB BSB: These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.
6 UDB But we traveled by land as far as the city of Philippi. After the Jewish Festival of Bread with No Yeast, we got on a ship that was going to the city of Troas. After five days we arrived at Troas and met the other men who had traveled ahead of us. Then we all stayed in Troas for seven days. BSB BSB: And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
Eutychus Revived at Troas (2 Kings 4:18–37)
8 UDB Many oil lamps were burning in the upstairs room in which we had gathered. BSB BSB: Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
9 UDB A young man whose name was Eutychus was there. He was seated on the sill of an open window on the third story of the house. As Paul continued talking for a long time, Eutychus became sleepier and sleepier. Finally, he fell sound asleep. He fell out of the window down to the ground. Some of the believers went down immediately and picked him up. But he was dead. BSB BSB: And 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.
10 UDB Paul also went down. He lay down and stretched out on top of the young man and put his arms around him. Then he said to the people who were standing around, "Do not worry; he is alive again!" BSB BSB: But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
11 UDB Paul went upstairs again and shared a meal with some of them. Afterwards he talked with the believers until the sun came up. Then he left. BSB BSB: Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.
12 UDB The other people took the young man home and were greatly comforted because he was alive again. BSB BSB: And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.
From Troas to Miletus 13 UDB We then went to the ship. But Paul did not get on the ship with us in Troas, because he wanted to go more quickly overland to the town of Assos. The rest of us got on the ship and sailed for Assos. BSB BSB: We 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.
14 UDB We met Paul in Assos. He got on the ship with us, and we sailed to the city of Mitylene. BSB BSB: And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
15 UDB The day after we reached Mitylene, we sailed from there and arrived at a place near the Island of Chios. The day after that, we sailed to the Island of Samos. The next day we left Samos and sailed to the city of Miletus. BSB BSB: Sailing 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.
16 UDB Miletus was just south of the city of Ephesus. Paul did not want to stop at Ephesus, because he did not want to spend time in Asia. If possible, he wanted to arrive in Jerusalem by the time of the Pentecost festival, and the time of that festival was near. BSB BSB: Paul 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.
Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesians 17 UDB When the ship arrived at Miletus, Paul sent a messenger to Ephesus to ask the elders of the group of believers there to come to talk with him. BSB BSB: From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
18 UDB When the elders came to him, Paul said to them, "From the first day when I arrived here in the province of Asia until the day I left, you know how I acted among you the entire time that I was with you. BSB BSB: When 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.
19 UDB You know how I kept serving the Lord Jesus very humbly and how I sometimes wept. You also know how I suffered because the Jews who were not believers often tried to harm me. BSB BSB: I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
20 UDB You also know that, when I preached God's message to you, I never left out anything that would help you. You know that I taught you God's message when many people were present, and I also went to your homes and taught you there. BSB BSB: I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
21 UDB I preached both to Jews and Greeks, telling them all that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and believe in our Lord Jesus. BSB BSB: testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 UDB "And now I am going to Jerusalem because the Holy Spirit has clearly shown me that I must go there, and I must obey him. I do not know what will happen to me there. BSB BSB: And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
23 UDB But I do know that in each city I have visited, the Holy Spirit has told me that in Jerusalem people will put me in prison and will cause me to suffer. BSB BSB: I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
24 UDB But I do not care even if people kill me, if first I am able to finish the work that the Lord Jesus has told me to do. He called me to tell people the good message that God saves us by doing for us what we do not deserve. BSB BSB: But 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 UDB I have preached to you the message about how God will show himself as king. But now I know that today is the last time that you fellow believers will see me. BSB BSB: Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.
26 UDB So I want you all to understand that if anyone who has heard me preach dies without trusting in Jesus, it is not my fault, BSB BSB: Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
27 UDB because I told you everything that God has planned for us. BSB BSB: For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
28 UDB You leaders must continue to believe and obey God's message. You must also help all the other believers whom the Holy Spirit has given you to care for. Watch over yourselves and the group of the Lord's believers as a shepherd watches over his sheep. God bought them with the blood that flowed from his Son's body on the cross. BSB BSB: Keep 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.
29 UDB I know very well that after I leave, people who teach lies will come among you and will do great harm to the believers. They will be like fierce wolves that kill the sheep. BSB BSB: I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
30 UDB Even in your own group of leaders, there will be some who will lie to other believers by teaching them the wrong things. They will teach those messages so that some people will believe them and will become their followers. BSB BSB: Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
31 UDB So watch out that none of you stops believing the true message about our Lord Jesus! Remember that day and night for three years I taught you that message and warned you with tears to be faithful to the Lord. BSB BSB: Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
32 UDB "Now, as I leave you, I ask God to protect you and to keep you believing the message that he saves us by doing for us what we do not deserve. If you continue believing the message that I told you, you will become strong, and God will give you forever the good things that he has promised to give to all of those who belong to him. BSB BSB: And 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 UDB "As for myself, I never wanted anyone's money or fine clothing. BSB BSB: I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
34 UDB You yourselves know that I have worked with my hands to earn the money that my friends and I needed. BSB BSB: You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
35 UDB In everything that I did, I showed you that we should work hard in order to have enough money to give some to those who are needy. We should remember that our Lord Jesus himself said, 'A person is happier when he gives to others than when he receives from them.'" BSB BSB: In 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.’”
36 UDB When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of the elders and prayed. BSB BSB: When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
37 UDB They all cried a lot, and they hugged Paul and kissed him. BSB BSB: They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
38 UDB They were very sad because he had said that they would never see him again. Then they all went with him to the ship. BSB BSB: They 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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