Acts 20
20
Paul in Macedonia
1After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia. # 20:1 Ac 11:26; 16:9; 19:21; 2Co 2:12–13 2And when he had passed through those areas and offered them many words of encouragement, he came to Greece 3and stayed three months. The Jews plotted against him when he was about to set sail for Syria, and so he decided to go back through Macedonia. # 20:3 Ac 9:23; 20:19; 23:12; 25:3; 2Co 11:26 4He was accompanied # 20:4 Other mss add to Asia by Sopater son of Pyrrhus # 20:4 Other mss omit son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, # 20:4 Ac 14:6; 16:1; 17:1; 19:29 and Tychicus # 20:4 Eph 6:21; Col 4:7; 2Tm 4:12; Ti 3:12 and Trophimus # 20:4 Ac 21:29; 2Tm 4:20 from the province of Asia. 5These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas, # 20:5 Ac 16:8,10; 20:6–8,13–15 6but we sailed away from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. # 20:6 Ex 12:14–15; 23:15 In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days.
Eutychus Revived at Troas
7On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. # 20:7 Ac 2:42; 1Co 10:16 Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he kept on talking until midnight. 8There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were assembled, 9and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. 10But Paul went down, bent over him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, because he’s alive.” # 20:10 1Kg 17:21; 2Kg 4:34; Mt 9:23–24; Mk 5:39 11After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, Paul talked a long time until dawn. Then he left. 12They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.
From Troas to Miletus
13We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul on board, because these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land. 14When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went on to Mitylene. 15Sailing from there, the next day we arrived off Chios. The following day we crossed over to Samos, and # 20:15 Other mss add after staying at Trogyllium the day after, we came to Miletus. # 20:15 Ac 20:17; 2Tm 4:20 16For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost. # 20:16 Ac 2:1; 18:19; 19:21; 1Co 16:8
Farewell Address to the Ephesian Elders
17Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church. 18When they came to him, he said to them, “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time, # 20:18 Ac 18:19; 19:1,10 19serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and during the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews. # 20:19–20 Ac 20:3,27 20You know that I did not hesitate to proclaim anything to you that was profitable and to teach you publicly and from house to house. 21I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God # 20:21 Mk 1:15; Ac 2:38; 18:5 and faith in our Lord Jesus. # 20:21 Ac 24:24; 26:18; Eph 1:15; Col 2:5; Phm 5
22“And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, compelled by the Spirit, # 20:22 Or in my spirit not knowing what I will encounter there, # 20:22 Ac 17:16; 20:16 23except that in every town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me. # 20:23 Ac 9:16; 21:4,11; 1Th 3:3 24But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course # 20:24 Other mss add with joy and the ministry # 20:24 Ac 1:17; 21:13; 2Co 4:1; 2Tm 4:7 I received from the Lord Jesus, # 20:24 Gl 1:1; Ti 1:3 to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
25“And now I know that none of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see me again. 26Therefore I declare to you this day that I am innocent # 20:26 Lit clean of the blood of all of you, # 20:25–26 Ac 18:6; 20:38; 28:31 27because I did not avoid declaring to you the whole plan of God. # 20:27 Lk 7:30; Ac 20:20; Eph 1:11 28Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock # 20:28 Lk 12:32; Jn 10:16; 1Co 9:7; 1Pt 5:2–3 of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, # 20:28 Php 1:1; 1Tm 3:2; Ti 1:7; 1Pt 2:25 to shepherd the church of God, # 20:28 Some mss read church of the Lord; other mss read church of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. # 20:28 Eph 1:7,14; Heb 9:12; 1Pt 1:19; Rv 5:9 29I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them. # 20:30 Ac 11:26; 1Tm 1:20; 1Jn 2:19 31Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I never stopped warning each one of you with tears. # 20:31 Ac 19:10; 20:19
32“And now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, # 20:32 Ac 14:23; Heb 13:9 which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance # 20:32 Ac 26:18; Eph 1:14; Col 1:12; 3:24; Heb 9:15; 1Pt 1:4 among all who are sanctified. 33I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing. # 20:33 1Sm 12:3; 1Co 9:12; 2Co 7:2; 11:9; 12:17 34You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me. # 20:34 Ac 18:3; 19:22 35In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
36After he said this, he knelt down and prayed with all of them. # 20:36 Lk 22:41; Ac 7:60; 21:5 37There were many tears shed by everyone. They embraced Paul and kissed him, 38grieving most of all over his statement that they would never see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship. # 20:37–38 Ac 15:3; 20:25
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Gevurot Meyruach Hakodesh 20
20
1And after the uproar had ended, Rav Sha'ul summoned the Moshiachʼs talmidim and, having exhorted them, and having taken his leave, he departed to go to Macedonia. 2And having traveled through those regions and having exhorted the Moshiachʼs talmidim there with many words, Rav Sha'ul came to Greece. 3And after he had spent shloshah chodashim there, Rav Sha'ul was about to set sail for Syria when a kesher (conspiracy) was plotted against him by the#20:3 unbelieving Yehudim, and so Rav Sha'ul decided to return through Macedonia. 4And accompanying Rav Sha'ul from Berea was Sopater the son of Pyrrhus; from Thessalonika was Aristarchus and Secundus; from Derbe, Gaius; and from Asia, Timotiyos, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5And these, having gone ahead, were waiting for us in Troas. 6And we sailed away after the Yamim HaMatzot#20:6 i.e., Pesach from Philippi, and within chamash yamim we came to them in Troas, where we stayed shivah yamim.
7And on Yom Rishon, when we met for tish,#20:7 it was Motzoei Shabbos when there was a Melaveh Malkeh communal meal Rav Sha'ul was saying a shiur to them, since he would have to depart early the next day and was having to extend the message until chatzot halailah. 8And there were a number of menorot in the upper story, where we had assembled. 9And a certain bocher, by the name of Eutychus, was sitting on the window sill and began to succumb to a deep sleep while Rav Sha'ul was saying a shiur that went on and on. Overcome by this sleep, Eutychus fell from the third story downwards, and was picked up dead. 10And having come down, Rav Sha'ul fell upon him, and, having embraced him, Rav Sha'ul said, Do not be troubled, for his neshamah is in him.#20:10 1Kgs 17:21; 2Kgs 4:34 11And having gone up and, at the Betzi'at HaLechem, having partaken of it, and having spoken until Shacharis, thus Rav Sha'ul departed. 12And they led away the bochur chai! And they were not a little comforted.
13And we went ahead to the oniyah (sailing vessel) and set sail for Assos, where we were intending to take Rav Sha'ul on board, for he had arranged it so, intending to travel himself there by land. 14When Rav Sha'ul met us in Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. 15And from there, having sailed away, we arrived on the next day opposite Chios. And then the day following we crossed over to Samos, and, on the following day, we came to Miletus. 16For Rav Sha'ul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so he would not have to spend time in#20:16 the Province of Asia, for he was hurrying in order that, if possible, he might by Shavu'os go up to Yerushalayim.
17And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, Rav Sha'ul summoned the Ziknei HaKehillah. 18And when they came to him, he said to them, You have da'as from the yom harishon in which I set foot in Asia how I was with you the entire time, 19My avodas kodesh service to Hashem with all anavah (humility) and tears and tzoros, and all that happened to me by the kesharim of the [unbelieving] Yehudim; 20How I kept back nothing profitable from you, but kept giving you messianic drashot and shiurim publicly and from bais to bais,#20:20 Ps 40:10; Jer 26:2; 42:2 21Bearing solemn edut both to Yehudim and Yevanim about teshuva toward Hashem and emunah in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua. 22And now, hinei, having been bound by the Ruach Hakodesh, I am going to Yerushalayim, not having da'as of the things that are going to happen to me there, 23Except that the Ruach Hakodesh, in every city, testifies to me, saying that the beis hasohar and tzoros are awaiting me. 24But I gufa (myself) do not account my existence in the Olam Hazeh of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the avodas kodesh sherut which I received from the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua to bear witness to the Besuras HaGeulah of the Chen v'Chesed Hashem. 25And now, hinei, I have da'as that no longer will you see my face, all of you among whom I went about dar-shenen the Malchut Hashem. 26Therefore I bear solemn edut (testimony) to you on this very day today, that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. 27For I did not shrink back from preaching and disclosing to all of you the whole etzat Hashem (counsel, plan of G-d). 28Pay attention to yourselves and to all the Eder Hashem (flock of G-d) in which the Ruach Hakodesh has placed you as mashgichim ruchaniyim (spiritual overseers) to do the work of ro'im (shepherds) over the Kehillah of Hashem which Adoneinu purchased for the Geulah with his own dahm.#20:28 kapporah 29I have da'as that after my departure savage ze'evim (wolves) will come in among you, not sparing the eder (flock).#20:29 Ezek 34:5 30And from you yourselves will rise up anashim speaking perverted doctrines in order to draw away talmidim after themselves. 31Therefore, be shomer, remembering that for shloshah shanim, yomam v'lailah, I did not stop admonishing each one of you with tears. 32And now I commend you to Hashem and to the Dvar HaChen v'Chesed Hashem which is able to build you up and give you a nachalah (inheritance) among all the kedoshim. 33I coveted no oneʼs silver or gold or shtreimel.#20:33 1Sm 12:3 34You yourselves have da'as that these hands of mine supported all my needs as well as the needs of those with me. 35In all this I was showing you a mofet (example) that thus working hard it is necessary to help the weak and to have zikaron of the devarim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua, that he himself said, “Beser (better) to geben (give) than to nemen (take).”
36And having said these things, Rav Sha'ul fell down and, with them all, began davening. 37And there was much weeping among them, and, having fallen upon the neck of Rav Sha'ul, they were kissing him, 38with agmat nefesh above all at the dvar in which Rav Sha'ul had said that no longer would they see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the oniyah.
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