Acts 20

Acts 20:1

• When the disturbance
• When the uproar
• After the uproar
• When the riot

• was over, Paul

• sent for the
• called the

• disciples; and after
• disciples, and after
• disciples and, after
• disciples,
• disciples and

• encouraging
• encouraged

• them
• them,
• them and

• said
• he said
• saying farewell,

• good-bye, and
• good——bye and
• goodbye and
• good-bye and
• goodbye, and
• he
• farewell and

• left for
• departed to
• left to go to
• set out on
• set out for

• Macedonia,
• Macedonia.
• go to Macedonia.
• his journey to Macedonia.

Acts 20:2

• When he
• And when he

• had gone through those

• parts and
• parts, and
• regions and
• districts and

• had given
• encouraged
• encouraged the

• them with many
• them much
• them at

• words,
• length,
• exhortation,

• he

• came to
• came into

• Greece.
• Greece,
• Greece

Acts 20:3

• where he

• stayed three
• stayed for three

• months, and when a plot was

• made against
• formed against

• him by the Jews as he was about to set

• sail for
• sail to

• Syria, he

• decided to
• determined to

• go back through
• return through

• Macedonia.’
• Macedonia.
• Macedonia to Syria.

Acts 20:4

• He was accompanied by

• Sopater,
• Sopater
• Sopater, the
• Sopater the

• son of

• Pyrrhus from
• Pyrrhus, of
• Pyrrhus of
• Pyrrhus, from the

• Beroea;
• Beroea,
• city of Berea;
• city of Berea,
• Berea,
• Beroea, by
• Beroea; by

• Aristarchus and

• Secundus, from
• Secundus from
• Secundus of the

• Thessalonica;
• Thessalonica,
• Thessalonica; by
• Thessalonica, by
• Thessalonians, and

• Gaius from
• Gaius of

• Derbe; and
• Derbe, and
• Derbe;
• Derbe,

• Timothy, and
• Timothy, as well as
• Timothy, as well as by

• Tychicus and

• Trophimus from
• Trophimus from the province of
• Trophimus of

• Asia
• Asia.

Acts 20:5

• They went on
• These men went on
• They went
• These went on
• These men went
• But these had gone

• ahead and
• ahead, and
• ahead,
• ahead.
• first, ahead of

• waited for
• were waiting for

• us at
• us in

• Troas,
• Troas;
• Troas.

Acts 20:6

• We
• but we
• But we
• And we

• sailed from
• sailed away from

• Philippi, after the
• Philippi after the

• Days of
• days of
• Festival of
• feast of
• Feast of

• Unleavened Bread, and in five days we

• joined
• met
• came to
• joined the
• reached

• them in
• them at
• others at

• Troas, where
• Troas.

• we
• We

• stayed for seven
• stayed seven
• stayed there for seven
• spent a
• stayed for a
• stayed there seven
• stayed there for a

• days.
• week.

Acts 20:7

• On the first day of the

• week,
• week
• week when
• week, when
• week, when the

• we
• we all
• disciples

• met
• were gathered
• came

• together to

• break
• eat the Lord’s

• bread
• bread,
• bread.
• Supper.
• supper.

• Paul

• spoke to the
• spoke to
• was holding a

• people and, because
• people, and because
• discussion with them. Since
• discussion with them; since
• them, and since
• them, because
• them because
• group. Because

• he

• intended to
• was
• was going to
• was planning to

• leave the
• leaving the

• next

• day,
• day, and

• kept on
• he continued
• he kept
• he prolonged his
• he kept on

• talking until
• message until
• speaking until
• speech until

• midnight.

Acts 20:8

• There were
• Now there were
• There were a
• And there were
• and there were

• many

• lamps in the
• lights in the

• upper
• upstairs

• room, where
• room where
• chamber where

• we
• they

• were
• had

• gathered.
• gathered,
• gathered together,
• gathered together.
• assembled;
• assembled,
• meeting.)

Acts 20:9

• [Translation pending]

Acts 20:10

• [Translation pending]

Acts 20:11

• Then

• Paul
• he

• went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he

• talked with
• spoke to

• them a long time, until

• dawn,
• dawn.
• dawn;

• then
• Then

• he

• left.
• departed.

Acts 20:12

• They
• And they
• The people
• Meanwhile they

• took the
• brought the
• had taken the

• young man
• boy
• youth
• lad

• home alive, and
• home alive and
• away alive, and
• away alive and
• alive and
• alive, and

• were

• greatly
• not a
• very

• comforted.
• little comforted.

Acts 20:13

• [Translation pending]

Acts 20:14

• [Translation pending]

Acts 20:15

• We
• and from there we
• And from there we

• sailed from there on the
• sailed from there. On the

• next
• following

• day, and
• day and
• day

• arrived opposite

• Chios; the
• Chios the
• Chios. The
• Chios, the
• Chios, and the
• Chios; and the
• Chios, and on the
• Chios. And on the

• next
• following
• second

• day,
• day
• day after that

• we

• touched at
• crossed over to
• reached
• approached
• sailed to

• Samos; and the
• Samos, and the

• day
• day after that
• day after,
• day after
• next day

• we

• came to
• arrived at
• reached
• went to

• Miletus;
• Miletus.

Acts 20:16

• Paul
• For Paul
• for Paul

• had decided to

• sail
• sail on

• past Ephesus, so that he

• did
• would
• might

• not
• n’t

• have to
• want to

• spend

• time in
• time in the province of
• time in the

• Asia;
• Asia.
• Asia, for
• Asia. For
• Asia; for
• Asia, since
• province of Asia.

• He
• he

• was
• was in a

• hurrying to
• hurry to
• eager to

• be in
• reach
• arrive in
• get to
• be at

• Jerusalem, if

• possible, for the
• possible, on the
• possible, by the

• Day of
• day of

• Pentecost.

Acts 20:17

• From Miletus,
• From Miletus
• And from Miletus
• And from Miletus,
• Now from Miletus,
• Now from Miletus
• In Miletus

• he
• Paul

• sent to
• sent a
• sent

• Ephesus and
• message to Ephesus,
• Ephesus,

• called for the
• asking the
• telling the
• called the

• elders of the church to

• come to
• meet

• him.
• him;

Acts 20:18

• When they
• And when they

• came to
• had come to

• him, he said to

• them, “
• them: “

• You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in

• Asia,
• Asia.

Acts 20:19

• serving the
• I served the

• Lord with all
• Lord in all

• humility and with
• humility, with

• tears and
• tears, and with the
• tears and with
• tears,

• trials that
• trials which
• enduring the trials that

• came to
• happened to
• came upon

• me through the
• me because of the
• me by the

• plots of the

• Jews.
• Jews;
• Jews—
• Jews,

Acts 20:20

• How I
• how I
• I
• You know that I

• didnot

• shrink from
• hold back from

• telling
• proclaiming to
• declaring to

• you anything that

• would be
• was

• helpful, and from teaching

• you
• you in

• publicly, and from
• publicly and from
• public and from
• public and in

• house to
• your

• house.
• house,
• homes.
• homes,
• homes;

Acts 20:21

• testifying both to

• Jews and
• Jews and to

• Greeks about
• Greeks to
• Greeks of

• repentance toward
• repentance before
• turn to

• God and
• God, and
• God and to

• faith in
• believe in
• faith toward

• our Lord

• Jesus.
• Jesus Christ.

Acts 20:22

• And now,
• “And now,

• compelled by the

• Spirit
• Spirit,

• Iam going to Jerusalem, not

• know what
• knowing what

• will
• shall

• happen to
• befall

• me there.
• me there;
• me there:

Acts 20:23

• except that the Holy
• Except that the Holy
• I only know that in every city the Holy
• except that in town after town the Holy
• I know only that in every city the Holy

• Spirit

• testifies to
• warns
• tells

• me in
• me in every

• city after city that
• city that

• imprisonment and

• afflictions
• persecutions
• troubles
• hardships
• suffering
• persecution

• await
• are waiting for
• wait for
• waiting for

• me.

Acts 20:24

• But I

• do not consider
• consider
• count

• my

• life of no
• life
• life of any

• value to
• dear to

• myself,
• myself, if

• so that
• only

• I may

• finish
• accomplish

• my

• course, and the
• course and the
• race with joy, and the
• task and the

• ministry that
• ministry which
• ministry

• I received from the Lord

• Jesus, to
• Jesus: to

• testify to the
• bear witness to the

• good news of
• gospel of

• God’s grace.

Acts 20:25

• “And now
• “And now,
• “Now

• I know that none of

• you among whom
• you, among whom
• you all, among whom

• I

• have
• have gone

• preaching the
• gone about proclaiming the

• kingdom
• kingdom,

• will

• see
• ever see

• my face
• me

• no more.
• again.

Acts 20:26

• Therefore
• Therefore,

• I

• testify to
• tell
• declare to
• solemnly declare to

• you this
• you

• day, that
• day that
• today that

• I

• am
• am not

• innocent of the
• responsible for the

• blood of all,

Acts 20:27

• for I
• For I
• I
• because I

• did not
• have not
• have
• didn’t

• shrink from
• held back from

• declaring to you the
• announcing to you the
• proclaiming to you the

• whole
• entire

• purpose of
• counsel of
• plan of

• God.

Acts 20:28

• ‘Take heed, therefore, to
• Take heed, therefore, to
• Watch out for
• Be on guard for
• Keep watch over
• Be careful for

• yourselves and for all the
• yourselves, and to all the
• yourselves and to all the
• yourselves and over all the

• flock, of which the
• flock of which the
• flock, in which the
• flock in which the
• flock among which the
• flock, among which the

• holy
• Holy

• spirit
• Spirit

• has

• made
• appointed
• placed
• given

• you
• you as

• overseers, to
• guardians, to

• shepherd the
• feed the

• Church of
• church of

• God, which
• God which
• God that

• He
• he

• obtained with the
• bought
• bought with the

• blood of
• death of
• it with

• his
• His

• own

• blood.
• blood,
• son.
• Son.

Acts 20:29

• I
• For I

• know that after
• know that, after

• my
• I am

• departure,
• departure
• gone,
• gone
• departing,
• departing

• savage
• fierce
• grievous
• vicious

• wolves,
• wolves

• will
• shall

• come in among
• come among
• get in among
• enter in among

• you,
• you and will

• not

• sparing the
• spare the

• flock,
• flock.
• flock;

Acts 20:30

• Also, men from your
• Also men from your
• Even from your
• and from among your
• Even from among your
• Some of your

• own selves will arise

• men,
• men

• speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Acts 20:31

• So
• Therefore
• Therefore,

• be
• be on the

• alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did

• not
• n’t

• stop
• cease night or day to

• warning each one of

• you, with
• you with

• tears.

Acts 20:32

• ‘And now
• “And now
• And now
• and now,
• “And now,
• Now
• Now,
• “Now
• “So now,
• “So now

• I

• commend
• entrust
• commit
• am putting

• you to

• God and to the
• God, and to the
• God and the

• word of
• message of
• message about

• his
• His

• grace, which
• grace, that
• grace that

• is able to
• can
• has power to

• build you

• up and
• up and to

• give

• you the
• you an

• inheritance among all those who
• inheritance among all who

• are sanctified.

Acts 20:33

• “I
• I

• coveted no
• have not coveted
• have not wanted
• have never coveted
• have coveted no
• have never wanted
• have desired no

• anyone
• one

• ’s

• silver or
• silver, or

• gold, or
• gold or

• clothing!
• clothing.
• clothes;
• clothes.
• apparel.

Acts 20:34

• [Translation pending]

Acts 20:35

• In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you

• must
• ought to

• help the
• support the

• weak,
• weak, and to
• weak and to
• weak, and
• weak and
• weak. And

• remember the
• remembering the
• keep in mind the

• words of the
• words that the

• Lord

• Jesus, that
• Jesus, for

• he himself

• said, ‘
• said,
• said: ‘
• said, “

• It is more blessed to give than to

• receive.”
• receive.”’
• receive. ”’
• receive.’ ”
• receive.

Acts 20:36

• When he
• When Paul
• And when he
• As he
• After he

• had finished
• had said these
• finished

• speaking
• speaking,
• things,

• he

• knelt down with
• knelt down and
• knelt down with all of

• prayed with
• them all and
• them and
• prayed with all of

• prayed.
• them all.
• them.

Acts 20:37

• They all
• They
• And they all
• Everyone

• cried as they

• embraced
• hugged

• Paul and
• him and

• kissed

• him.
• him,
• him;
• him good-bye.

Acts 20:38

• sorrowing
• grieving

• most of all because of the

• word
• word which

• he

• had said—that
• had said, that
• had said that
• had spoken, that
• had said

• they

• would never
• would not
• should

• see his face no more. And they

• accompanied
• escorted
• went with
• brought

• him to the ship.