TOPICAL BIBLE
Paul
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Acts 19:30Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.Acts 19:31Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.Acts 19:32Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.Acts 19:33The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.Acts 19:34But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”Acts 19:35Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?Acts 19:36Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.Acts 19:37For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.Acts 19:38So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.Acts 19:39But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.Acts 19:40For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”Acts 19:41After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.Acts 20:1When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.Acts 20:2After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,Acts 20:3where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.Acts 20:4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.Acts 20:5These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.Acts 20:6And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.Acts 20:7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.Acts 20:8Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.Acts 20:9And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.Acts 20:10But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”Acts 20:11Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.Acts 20:12And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.Acts 20:13We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.Acts 20:14And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.Acts 20:15Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.Acts 20:16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.Acts 20:17From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.Acts 20:18When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.Acts 20:19I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.Acts 20:22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.Acts 20:25Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.Acts 20:26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.Acts 20:29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.Acts 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.Acts 20:32And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.Acts 20:33I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”Acts 20:36When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.Acts 20:37They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.Acts 20:38They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.Acts 21:1After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.Acts 21:2Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.Acts 21:3After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.Acts 21:4We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.Acts 21:6And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.Acts 21:7When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.Acts 21:8Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.Acts 21:9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.Acts 21:10After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.