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Acts 20:1 | And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia. | When the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples; and, after speaking words of encouragement to them, he took his leave, and started for Macedonia. | And after the uproar ceased, Paul having sent for the disciples and exhorted them, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia. |
Acts 20:2 | And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece. | Passing through those districts he encouraged the disciples in frequent addresses, and then came into Greece, and spent three months there. | And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece. |
Acts 20:3 | And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia. | The Jews having planned to waylay him whenever he might be on the point of taking ship for Syria, he decided to travel back by way of Macedonia. | And when he had spent three months [there,] and a plot was laid against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia. |
Acts 20:4 | And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia. | He was accompanied as far as the province of Asia by Sopater the Beroean, the son of Pyrrhus; by the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; by Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and by the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. | And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Beroea, [the son] of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. |
Acts 20:5 | But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas. | These brethren had gone on and were waiting for us in the Troad. | But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas. |
Acts 20:6 | And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days. | But we ourselves sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined them in the Troad, where we remained for a week. | And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we tarried seven days. |
Acts 20:7 | And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night. | On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul, who was going away the next morning, was preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse till midnight. | And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight. |
Acts 20:8 | And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together. | Now there were a good many lamps in the room upstairs where we all were, | And there were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together. |
Acts 20:9 | And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead. | and a youth of the name of Eutychus was sitting at the window. This lad, gradually sinking into deep sleep while Paul preached at unusual length, overcome at last by sleep, fell from the second floor and was taken up dead. | And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead. |
Acts 20:10 | And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him. | Paul, however, went down, threw himself upon him, and folding him in his arms said, "Do not be alarmed; his life is still in him." | And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Make ye no ado; for his life is in him. |
Acts 20:11 | And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away. | Then he went upstairs again, broke bread, and took some food; and after a long conversation which was continued till daybreak, at last he parted from them. | And when he was gone up, and had broken the bread, and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. |
Acts 20:12 | And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted. | They had taken the lad home alive, and were greatly comforted. | And they brought the lad alive, and were not a little comforted. |
Acts 20:13 | But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land. | The rest of us had already gone on board a ship, and now we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for so he had arranged, he himself intending to go by land. | But we going before to the ship set sail for Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, intending himself to go by land. |
Acts 20:14 | And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene. | Accordingly, when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. | And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. |
Acts 20:15 | And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus. | Sailing from there, we arrived the next day off Chios. On the next we touched at Samos; and on the day following reached Miletus. | And sailing from thence, we came the following day over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus. |
Acts 20:16 | For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. | For Paul's plan was to sail past Ephesus, so as not to spend much time in the province of Asia; since he was very desirous of being in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of the Harvest Festival. | For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. |
Acts 20:17 | And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church. | From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the Elders of the Church to come to him. | And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church. |
Acts 20:18 | And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia, | Upon their arrival he said to them, "You Elders well know, from the first day of my setting foot in the province of Asia, the kind of life I lived among you the whole time, | And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time, |
Acts 20:19 | Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews: | serving the Lord in all humility, and with tears, and amid trials which came upon me through the plotting of the Jews | serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews; |
Acts 20:20 | And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately, | and that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching you in public and in your homes, | how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house, |
Acts 20:21 | Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. | and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord. | testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. |
Acts 20:22 | And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there: | "And now, impelled by a sense of duty, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, | And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: |
Acts 20:23 | Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me. | except that the Holy Spirit, at town after town, testifies to me that imprisonment and suffering are awaiting me. | save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. |
Acts 20:24 | But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God. | But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace. | But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. |
Acts 20:25 | And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again. | "And now, I know that none of you among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom will any longer see my face. | And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall see my face no more. |
Acts 20:26 | And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men. | Therefore I protest to you to-day that I am not responsible for the ruin of any one of you. | Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. |
Acts 20:27 | For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God. | For I have not shrunk from declaring to you God's whole truth. | For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God. |
Acts 20:28 | Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood. | "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood. | Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood. |
Acts 20:29 | I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock; | I know that, when I am gone, cruel wolves will come among you and will not spare the flock; | I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock; |
Acts 20:30 | And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them. | and that from among your own selves men will rise up who will seek with their perverse talk to draw away the disciples after them. | and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. |
Acts 20:31 | So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping. | Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears. | Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears. |
Acts 20:32 | And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints. | "And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people. | And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build [you] up, and to give [you] the inheritance among all them that are sanctified. |
Acts 20:33 | I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing. | No one's silver or gold or clothing have I coveted. | I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. |
Acts 20:34 | You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me. | You yourselves know that these hands of mine have provided for my own necessities and for the people with me. | Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. |
Acts 20:35 | In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting. | In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "`It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" | In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. |
Acts 20:36 | And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all. | Having spoken thus, Paul knelt down and prayed with them all; | And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all. |
Acts 20:37 | And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him, | and with loud lamentation they all threw their arms round his neck, and kissed him lovingly, | And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, |
Acts 20:38 | Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship. | grieved above all things at his having told them that after that day they were no longer to see his face. And they went with him to the ship. | sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they should behold his face no more. And they brought him on his way unto the ship. |
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