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Acts 20

Acts 20:1

AND AFTER THE UPROAR WAS CEASED, PAUL CALLED UNTO HIM THE DISCIPLES, AND EMBRACED THEM, AND DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MACEDONIA.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:3

AND THERE ABODE THREE MONTHS. AND WHEN THE JEWS LAID WAIT FOR HIM, AS HE WAS ABOUT TO SAIL INTO SYRIA, HE PURPOSED TO RETURN THROUGH MACEDONIA.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:4

AND THERE ACCOMPANIED HIM INTO ASIA SOPATER OF BEREA; AND OF THE THESSALONIANS, ARISTARCHUS AND SECUNDUS; AND GAIUS OF DERBE, AND TIMOTHEUS; AND OF ASIA, TYCHICUS AND TROPHIMUS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:5

THESE GOING BEFORE TARRIED FOR US AT TROAS. Paul had intended to make a trip to Macedonia and Achaia, chap, 19:21. That the riot in the city materially hastened his departure, or that the work of the Lord in Ephesus had come to a standstill or even received a severe setback, is not included in the t... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:6

AND WE SAILED AWAY FROM PHILIPPI AFTER THE DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, AND CAME UNTO THEM TO TROAS IN FIVE DAYS; WHERE WE ABODE SEVEN DAYS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:7

AND UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHEN THE DISCIPLES CAME TOGETHER TO BREAK BREAD, PAUL PREACHED UNTO THEM, READY TO DEPART ON THE MORROW; AND CONTINUED HIS SPEECH UNTIL MIDNIGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:9

AND THERE SAT IN A WINDOW A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN NAMED EUTYCHUS, BEING FALLEN INTO A DEEP SLEEP; AND AS PAUL WAS LONG PREACHING, HE SUNK DOWN WITH SLEEP, AND FELL DOWN FROM THE THIRD LOFT, AND WAS TAKEN UP DEAD.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:11

WHEN HE THEREFORE WAS COME UP AGAIN, AND HAD BROKEN BREAD, AND EATEN, AND TALKED A LONG WHILE, EVEN TILL BREAK OF DAY, SO HE DEPARTED.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:12

AND THEY BROUGHT THE YOUNG MAN ALIVE, AND WERE NOT A LITTLE COMFORTED. Paul and his companions from the European congregations, including Luke, celebrated the Passover in Philippi. After the festival they sailed from the harbor of Neapolis, but on account of adverse winds did not reach Troas until t... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:13

AND WE WENT BEFORE TO SHIP, AND SAILED UNTO ASSOS, THERE INTENDING TO TAKE IN PAUL; FOR SO HAD HE APPOINTED, MINDING HIMSELF TO GO AFOOT.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:15

AND WE SAILED THENCE, AND CAME THE NEXT DAY OVER AGAINST CHIOS; AND THE NEXT DAY WE ARRIVED AT SAMOS, AND TARRIED AT TROGYLLIUM; AND THE NEXT DAY WE CAME TO MILETUS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:16

FOR PAUL HAD DETERMINED TO SAIL BY EPHESUS, BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT SPEND THE TIME IN ASIA; FOR HE HASTED, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE FOR HIM, TO BE AT JERUSALEM THE DAY OF PENTECOST. The companions of Paul went down to the ship and embarked without him, sailing down to the city of Assos on the Adramyttene Gu... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:18

AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO HIM, HE SAID UNTO THEM, YE KNOW, FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT I CAME INTO ASIA, AFTER WHAT MANNER I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU AT ALL SEASONS,... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:19

SERVING THE LORD WITH ALL HUMILITY OF MIND, AND WITH MANY TEARS, AND TEMPTATIONS, WHICH BEFELL ME BY THE LYING IN WAIT OF THE JEWS;... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:20

AND HOW I KEPT BACK NOTHING THAT WAS PROFITABLE UNTO YOU, BUT HAVE SHOWED YOU, AND HAVE TAUGHT YOU PUBLICLY AND FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE,... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:21

TESTIFYING BOTH TO THE JEWS AND ALSO TO THE GREEKS REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Miletus was a matter of only about thirty miles from Ephesus, and connected with the capital by a good Roman road. As soon as Paul, therefore, found out that the vessel would be delayed f... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:24

BUT NONE. OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME, NEITHER COUNT I MY LIFE DEAR UNTO MYSELF, SO THAT I MIGHT FINISH MY COURSE WITH JOY, AND THE MINISTRY WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED OF THE LORD JESUS, TO TESTIFY THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:25

AND NOW, BEHOLD, I KNOW THAT YE ALL AMONG WHOM I HAVE GONE PREACHING THE KINGDOM OF GOD, SHALL SEE MY FACE NO MORE.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:27

FOR I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE UNTO YOU ALL THE COUNSEL OF GOD. There is a strain of ineffable sadness in the entire address of Paul, and the reason for the sorrowful note is here given. Although Paul himself had not received an express revelation, others had prophesied concerning the outcome of... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:28

TAKE HEED THEREFORE UNTO YOURSELVES AND TO ALL THE FLOCK OVER THE WHICH THE HOLY' GHOST HATH MADE YOU OVERSEERS, TO FEED THE CHURCH OF GOD, WHICH HE HATH PURCHASED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:31

THEREFORE WATCH AND REMEMBER THAT BY THE SPACE OF THREE YEARS I CEASED NOT TO WARN EVERY ONE NIGHT AND DAY WITH TEARS. With the example of the apostle before them, and with his challenge ringing in their ears, the elders of Ephesus should take heed, should attend closely, should watch over themselve... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:32

AND NOW, BRETHREN, I COMMEND YOU TO GOD AND TO THE WORD OF HIS GRACE, WHICH IS ABLE TO BUILD YOU UP, AND TO GIVE YOU AN INHERITANCE AMONG ALL THEM WHICH ARE SANCTIFIED.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:35

I HAVE SHOWED YOU ALL THINGS, HOW THAT SO LABORING YE OUGHT TO SUPPORT THE WEAK, AND TO REMEMBER THE WORDS OF THE LORD JESUS HOW HE SAID, IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE. Paul had held up before the elders of Ephesus his own example, and had warned them most urgently against the dangers t... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 20:38

SORROWING MOST OF ALL FOR THE WORDS WHICH HE SPAKE THAT THEY SHOULD SEE HIS FACE NO MORE. AND THEY ACCOMPANIED HIM UNTO THE SHIP. The touching farewell address of Paul had deeply moved all the elders of Ephesus. And this impression was heightened by the fact that, when he had finished speaking to th... [ Continue Reading ]

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