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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 20 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Acts 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/19.htm" title="Acts 19">◄</a> Acts 20 <a href="../acts/21.htm" title="Acts 21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Paul Goes through Macedonia and Greece</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_20_1"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.1" class="v44_20_1">1</span>When the riot was over, Paul sent for the followers and encouraged them. He then told them goodbye and left for Macedonia. </span><span class="v44_20_2"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.2" class="v44_20_2">2</span>As he traveled from place to place, he encouraged the followers with many messages. Finally, he went to Greece<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.20.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v44_20_3"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.3" class="v44_20_3">3</span>and stayed there for three months.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_20_3">Paul was about to sail to Syria. But some of the Jewish leaders plotted against him, so he decided to return by way of Macedonia. </span><span class="v44_20_4"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.4" class="v44_20_4">4</span>With him were Sopater, son of Pyrrhus from Berea, and Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica. Gaius from Derbe was also with him, and so were Timothy and the two Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. </span><span class="v44_20_5"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.5" class="v44_20_5">5</span>They went on ahead to Troas and waited for us there. </span><span class="v44_20_6"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.6" class="v44_20_6">6</span>After the Festival of Thin Bread, we sailed from Philippi. Five days later we met them in Troas and stayed there for a week.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Paul's Last Visit to Troas</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_20_7"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.7" class="v44_20_7">7</span>On the first day of the week<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.20.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> we met to break bread together.<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.20.7!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Paul spoke to the people until midnight because he was leaving the next morning. </span><span class="v44_20_8"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.8" class="v44_20_8">8</span>In the upstairs room where we were meeting, there were a lot of lamps. </span><span class="v44_20_9"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.9" class="v44_20_9">9</span>A young man by the name of Eutychus was sitting on a window sill. While Paul was speaking, the young man got very sleepy. Finally, he went to sleep and fell three floors all the way down to the ground. When they picked him up, he was dead.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_20_10"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.10" class="v44_20_10">10</span>Paul went down and bent over Eutychus. He took him in his arms and said, “Don't worry! He's alive.” </span><span class="v44_20_11"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.11" class="v44_20_11">11</span>After Paul had gone back upstairs, he broke bread, and ate with us. He then spoke until dawn and left. </span><span class="v44_20_12"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.12" class="v44_20_12">12</span>Then the followers took the young man home alive and were very happy.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Voyage from Troas to Miletus</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_20_13"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.13" class="v44_20_13">13</span>Paul decided to travel by land to Assos. The rest of us went on ahead by ship, and we were to take him aboard there. </span><span class="v44_20_14"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.14" class="v44_20_14">14</span>When he met us in Assos, he came aboard, and we sailed on to Mitylene. </span><span class="v44_20_15"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.15" class="v44_20_15">15</span>The next day we came to a place near Chios, and the following day we reached Samos. The day after that we sailed to Miletus. </span><span class="v44_20_16"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.16" class="v44_20_16">16</span>Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, because he did not want to spend too much time in Asia. He was in a hurry and wanted to be in Jerusalem in time for Pentecost.<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.20.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s1">Paul Says Goodbye to the Church Leaders of Ephesus</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_20_17"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.17" class="v44_20_17">17</span>From Miletus, Paul sent a message for the church leaders at Ephesus to come and meet with him. </span><span class="v44_20_18"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.18" class="v44_20_18">18</span>When they got there, he said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v44_20_18">You know everything I did during the time I was with you when I first came to Asia. </span><span class="v44_20_19"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.19" class="v44_20_19">19</span>Some of the Jews plotted against me and caused me a lot of sorrow and trouble. But I served the Lord and was humble. </span><span class="v44_20_20"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.20" class="v44_20_20">20</span>When I preached in public or taught in your homes, I didn't hold back from telling anything that would help you. </span><span class="v44_20_21"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.21" class="v44_20_21">21</span>I told Jews and Gentiles to turn to God and have faith in our Lord Jesus.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v44_20_22"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.22" class="v44_20_22">22</span>I don't know what will happen to me in Jerusalem, but I must obey God's Spirit and go there. </span><span class="v44_20_23"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.23" class="v44_20_23">23</span>In every city I visit, I am told by the Holy Spirit that I will be put in jail and will be in trouble in Jerusalem. </span><span class="v44_20_24"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.24" class="v44_20_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.20.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And this work is to tell the good news about God's gift of undeserved grace.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v44_20_25"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.25" class="v44_20_25">25</span>I have gone from place to place, preaching to you about God's kingdom, but now I know that none of you will ever see me again. </span><span class="v44_20_26"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.26" class="v44_20_26">26</span>I tell you today I am no longer responsible for any of you! </span><span class="v44_20_27"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.27" class="v44_20_27">27</span>I have told you everything God wants you to know. </span><span class="v44_20_28"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.28" class="v44_20_28">28</span>Look after yourselves and everyone the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be like shepherds to God's church. It is the flock he bought with the blood of his own Son.<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.20.28!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v44_20_29"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.29" class="v44_20_29">29</span>I know that after I am gone, others will come like fierce wolves to attack you. </span><span class="v44_20_30"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.30" class="v44_20_30">30</span>Some of your own people will tell lies to win over the Lord's followers. </span><span class="v44_20_31"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.31" class="v44_20_31">31</span>Be on your guard! Remember how day and night for three years I kept warning you with tears in my eyes.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v44_20_32"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.32" class="v44_20_32">32</span>I now place you in God's care. Remember the message about his gift of undeserved grace! This message can help you and give you what belongs to you as God's people. </span><span class="v44_20_33"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.33" class="v44_20_33">33</span>I have never wanted anyone's money or clothes. </span><span class="v44_20_34"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.34" class="v44_20_34">34</span>You know how I have worked with my own hands to make a living for myself and my friends. </span><span class="v44_20_35"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.35" class="v44_20_35">35</span>By everything I did, I showed how you should work to help everyone who is weak. Remember that our Lord Jesus said, “More blessings come from giving than from receiving.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_20_36"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.36" class="v44_20_36">36</span>After Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. </span><span class="v44_20_37"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.37" class="v44_20_37">37</span>Everyone cried and hugged and kissed him. </span><span class="v44_20_38"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.20.38" class="v44_20_38">38</span>They were especially sad because Paul had told them, “You will never see me again.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_20_38">Then they went with him to the ship.</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Greece: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably Corinth.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">On the first day of the week: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Since the Jewish day began at sunset, the meeting would have begun in the evening.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">break bread together: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 2.46.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">in time for Pentecost: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Jewish people liked to be in Jerusalem for this festival (see the note at 2.1).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.28 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the blood of his own Son: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “his own blood.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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