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* When everything was quiet , Paul called the disciples . He talked to them so they would not be afraid . Then he said goodbye and left . He went to Macedonia . * He went through that country and talked to the people . He helped them to believe more strongly . Then he went to Greece . * He stayed there for three months . When he was ready to go to Syria by boat , he heard that the Jewish leaders were planning to catch him . So he said , I will go back through Macedonia . * Some men went with him as far as Asia Minor . They were Sopater from Berea , Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica , Gaius from Derbe , and Timothy , and also Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia Minor . * These went on ahead and waited for us at Troas . * After the days of the Passover Feast , we left Philippi by boat . Five days later we met them in Troas . We stayed there for seven days . * On the first day of the week the disciples met together to break bread . Paul was ready to leave the next day . He talked a long time to the people at the meeting until long into the night . They were gathered in an upstairs room with many lights . * A young man named Eutychus sat in the window . He became very sleepy . When Paul kept talking so long , Eutychus was very deep in sleep and fell down from the third floor . When the people picked him up he was dead . * Paul went down stairs . He lay on him and put his arms around him . Do not fear , he said . He is alive . * Then Paul went upstairs again . He broke bread and ate some food . He talked for a long time , until daybreak . After that , he left . * The people took the young man . They were very glad because he was alive . * We went by boat to the town of Assos . We were going to meet Paul there and take him on the boat . He told us to do that because he wanted to walk . * We met him at Assos , took him on the boat , and went to Mitylene . * Then we went by boat the next day and came to Chios . The next day we passed the town of Samos . We reached Miletus on the third day . * Paul decided not to stop at Ephesus . He did not want to spend time in Asia Minor . He kept going as fast as he could , because he hoped to be at the feast in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost . * He sent a message from Miletus to Ephesus to call the leaders of the church to come to him . * When they came , he said , You know how I have lived all the time that I have been with you . I lived that way from the first day I came into Asia . * You know how I have served the Lord without being proud . And I have even cried for you . I served the Lord when I had troubles and when the leaders of the Jews tried to catch me . * I have not feared to tell you everything that would help you . I have taught you in meetings and in your homes . * I have told both the Jews and the Greeks to stop doing wrong things . I have told them to believe in our Lord Jesus Christ . * And now I feel in my spirit that I must go to Jerusalem . I do not know what will happen to me there . * But in every city the Holy Spirit tells me I will be put in prison . I will have much trouble . * But none of these things trouble me . I do not try to save my life . All I want is to finish what I must do with joy . The work which the Lord Jesus gave me is to tell the good news that God is kind . * I know that you all will never see me again . I have told you about Gods kingdom . * So I tell you today that if any one is lost , it is not my fault . * I have not feared to tell you all that God wants you to know . * The Holy Spirit has made you leaders over his people . Watch yourselves . Like one who takes care of his sheep , so you must take care of the church people . They are the Lords people . He gave his blood for them . * I know this , that there are people as bad as wild animals . After I leave you , they will come to you . They will trouble Gods people . * Also , some men will come from among you . They will teach things that are not true . They want people to follow them . * So then , watch and remember this . For three years , through the night and in the day , I told every one of you to be careful . I even cried as I told you . * And now , my brothers , I give you to God . I leave with you his word which brings blessing . That word is able to make you strong . It will give you your share in the good things of God promised by him . He gives these good things to people who are pure and holy . * I did not want anyone to give me money or clothes . * You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to pay for the things that I and my friends needed . * I have always shown you that you must work hard , as I have . You must help those who cannot work . By so doing you are remembering the words of the Lord Jesus . He said , "It makes you more happy to give something than to get something ." * When Paul had said this , he kneeled down and talked to God with them all . * They all cried much . They put their arms around his neck and kissed him . * They were sad most of all because he had said they would not see him again . And they went with him to the boat .

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