Acts 20:1-16

Acts 20

To Macedonia and Greece

¹ After the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them. After saying good-bye, he left to go to Macedonia. ² After he had gone through those areas and had spoken many words of encouragement to the people, he came to Greece ³ and stayed there three months.

Because a plot was made against him by the Jews just as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia. ⁴ He was accompanied ^[1] by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, along with Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. ⁵ These men went on ahead and waited for us ^[2] at Troas. ⁶ We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

Eutychus Raised From the Dead

⁷ On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul spoke to the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he continued talking until midnight. ⁸ There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered. ⁹ Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus. He was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking for a long time. When he was sound asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. ¹⁰ Paul went down, bent over him, threw his arms around him, and said, “Do not be alarmed, because he is alive!” ¹¹ Then he went upstairs, broke bread, and ate. After talking for a considerable time until dawn, he left. ¹² They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.

On to Miletus

¹³ We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had arranged it this way, since he was intending to travel there by land. ¹⁴ When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. ¹⁵ From there we set sail. We arrived off Chios the next day. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and ^[3] on the following day we came to Miletus. ¹⁶ Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in the province of Asia. He was in a hurry to be in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.