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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 20

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Chapter 20 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for 1the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left 2to go to 3Macedonia.
  2. When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece.
  3. And there he spent three months, and when 4a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for 5Syria, he decided to return through 6Macedonia.
  4. And [a]he was accompanied by Sopater of 7Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by 8Aristarchus and Secundus of the 9Thessalonians, and 10Gaius of 11Derbe, and 12Timothy, and 13Tychicus and 14Trophimus of [b]15Asia.
  5. But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for 16us at 17Troas.
  6. 18We sailed from 19Philippi after 20the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at 21Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days.
  7. ¶ On 22the first day of the week, when 23we were gathered together to 24break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his [c]message until midnight.
  8. There were many 25lamps in the 26upper room where we were gathered together.
  9. And there was a young man named [d]Eutychus sitting [e]on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.
  10. But Paul went down and 27fell upon him, and after embracing him, he 28said, “[f]Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.”
  11. When he had gone back up and had 29broken the bread and [g]eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.
  12. They took away the boy alive, and were [h]greatly comforted.
  13. ¶ But 30we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it, intending himself to go [i]by land.
  14. And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.
  15. Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day following we came to 31Miletus.
  16. For Paul had decided to sail past 32Ephesus so that he would not have to spend time in [j]33Asia; for he was hurrying 34to be in Jerusalem, if possible, 35on the day of Pentecost.
  17. ¶ From Miletus he sent to 36Ephesus and called to him 37the elders of the church.
  18. And when they had come to him, he said to them,
    ¶ “You yourselves know, 38from the first day that I set foot in [k]Asia, how I was with you the whole time,
  19. serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me [l]through 39the plots of the Jews;
  20. how I 40did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and [m]from house to house,
  21. solemnly 41testifying to both Jews and Greeks of 42repentance toward God and 43faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  22. And now, behold, bound by the [n]Spirit, 44I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
  23. except that 45the Holy Spirit solemnly 46testifies to me in every city, saying that 47bonds and afflictions await me.
  24. But 48I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may 49finish my course and 50the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to 51testify solemnly of the gospel of 52the grace of God.
  25. ¶ “And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about 53preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face.
  26. Therefore, I [o]testify to you this day that 54I am [p]innocent of the blood of all men.
  27. For I 55did not shrink from declaring to you the whole 56purpose of God.
  28. Be on guard for yourselves and for all 57the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you [q]overseers, to shepherd 58the church of God which 59He [r]purchased [s]with His own blood.
  29. I know that after my departure 60savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing 61the flock;
  30. and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away 62the disciples after them.
  31. Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of 63three years I did not cease to admonish each one 64with tears.
  32. And now I 65commend you to God and to 66the word of His grace, which is able to 67build you up and to give you 68the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
  33. 69I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes.
  34. You yourselves know that 70these hands ministered to my own needs and to the 71men who were with me.
  35. In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  36. ¶ When he had said these things, he 72knelt down and prayed with them all.
  37. And [t]they began to weep aloud and [u]73embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,
  38. [v]grieving especially over 74the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were 75accompanying him to the ship.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit there accompanied him
  2. ^ I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
  3. ^ Lit word, speech
  4. ^ Eutychus means Good fortune, i.e. ‘Lucky’
  5. ^ Or at the window
  6. ^ Or Stop being troubled
  7. ^ Lit tasted
  8. ^ Lit not moderately
  9. ^ Or on foot
  10. ^ I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
  11. ^ V 16, note 1
  12. ^ Lit by
  13. ^ Or in the various private homes
  14. ^ Or in spirit
  15. ^ Or call you to witness
  16. ^ Lit pure from
  17. ^ Or bishops
  18. ^ Lit acquired
  19. ^ Lit through
  20. ^ Lit a considerable weeping of all occurred
  21. ^ Lit threw themselves on Paul’s neck
  22. ^ Lit suffering pain

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 11:26
  2. ^ Ac 19:21
  3. ^ Ac 16:9; 20:3
  4. ^ Ac 9:23f; 20:19
  5. ^ Mt 4:24
  6. ^ Ac 16:9; 20:1
  7. ^ Ac 17:10
  8. ^ Ac 19:29
  9. ^ Ac 17:1
  10. ^ Ac 19:29
  11. ^ Ac 14:6
  12. ^ Ac 16:1
  13. ^ Eph 6:21; Col 4:7; 2Ti 4:12; Ti 3:12
  14. ^ Ac 21:29; 2Ti 4:20
  15. ^ Ac 16:6; 20:16, 18
  16. ^ Ac 16:10; 20:5-15
  17. ^ Ac 16:8
  18. ^ Ac 16:10; 20:5-15
  19. ^ Ac 16:12
  20. ^ Ac 12:3
  21. ^ Ac 16:8
  22. ^ 1Co 16:2; Re 1:10
  23. ^ Ac 16:10; 20:5-15
  24. ^ Ac 2:42; 20:11
  25. ^ Mt 25:1
  26. ^ Ac 1:13
  27. ^ 1Ki 17:21; 2Ki 4:34
  28. ^ Mt 9:23f; Mr 5:39
  29. ^ Ac 2:42; 20:7
  30. ^ Ac 16:10; 20:5-15
  31. ^ Ac 20:17; 2Ti 4:20
  32. ^ Ac 18:19
  33. ^ Ac 16:6; 20:4, 18
  34. ^ Ac 19:21; 20:6, 22; 1Co 16:8
  35. ^ Ac 2:1
  36. ^ Ac 18:19
  37. ^ Ac 11:30
  38. ^ Ac 18:19; 19:1, 10; 20:4, 16
  39. ^ Ac 20:3
  40. ^ Ac 20:27
  41. ^ Lu 16:28; Ac 18:5; 20:23, 24
  42. ^ Ac 2:38; 11:18; 26:20
  43. ^ Ac 24:24; 26:18; Eph 1:15; Col 2:5; Pm 5
  44. ^ Ac 17:16; 20:16
  45. ^ Ac 8:29
  46. ^ Lu 16:28; Ac 18:5; 20:21, 24
  47. ^ Ac 9:16; 21:33
  48. ^ Ac 21:13
  49. ^ Ac 13:25; 2Ti 4:7
  50. ^ Ac 1:17
  51. ^ Lu 16:28; Ac 18:5; 20:21
  52. ^ Ac 11:23; 20:32
  53. ^ Mt 4:23; Ac 28:31
  54. ^ Ac 18:6
  55. ^ Ac 20:20
  56. ^ Ac 13:36
  57. ^ Lu 12:32; Jn 21:15-17; Ac 20:29; 1Pe 5:2f
  58. ^ Mt 16:18; Ro 16:16; 1Co 10:32
  59. ^ Eph 1:7, 14; Ti 2:14; 1Pe 1:19; 2:9; Re 5:9
  60. ^ Eze 22:27; Mt 7:15
  61. ^ Lu 12:32; Jn 21:15-17; Ac 20:28; 1Pe 5:2f
  62. ^ Ac 11:26
  63. ^ Ac 19:8, 10; 24:17
  64. ^ Ac 20:19
  65. ^ Ac 14:23
  66. ^ Ac 14:3; 20:24
  67. ^ Ac 9:31
  68. ^ Ac 26:18; Eph 1:14; 5:5; Col 1:12; 3:24; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 1:4
  69. ^ 1Co 9:4-18; 2Co 11:7-12; 12:14-18; 1Th 2:5f
  70. ^ Ac 18:3
  71. ^ Ac 19:22
  72. ^ Ac 9:40; 21:5; Lu 22:41
  73. ^ Lu 15:20
  74. ^ Ac 20:25
  75. ^ Ac 15:3

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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