Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20

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Acts 20 . 1 , Paul goes to Macedonia , and thence to Troas; Acts 20 . 7 , He celebrates the Lord’s supper , and preaches; Acts 20 . 9 , Eutychus having fallen down dead is raised to life; Acts 20 . 13 , He continues his travels; Acts 20 . 17 , and at Miletum he calls the elders together , tells them what shall befall to himself , Acts 20 . 28. commits God’s flock to them , Acts 20 . 29. warns them of false teachers , Acts 20 . 32. commends them to God , Acts 20 . 36. prays with them , and departs.

Acts 20:1

When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.

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Acts 20:2

After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,

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That is Greece properly so called , bounded on the west by Epirus , on the east by the Aegean sea , on the north by Macedonia , and on the south by the Peloponnesus. In its largest acceptation it also comprehended all Macedonia , Thessaly , Epirus , Peloponnesus , and the near by islands

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Acts 20:3

where 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.

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Acts 20:4

Paul 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.

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Acts 20:5

These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

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Troas was a maritime city and country of Phrygia , in Asia Minor , anciently called Dardania , lying on the Hellespont , west of Mysia

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Acts 20:6

And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

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Acts 20:7

On 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.

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Acts 20:8

Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

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Acts 20:9

And 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.

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Acts 20:10

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

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Acts 20:11

Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

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Acts 20:12

And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

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Acts 20:13

We 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.

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Acts 20:15

Sailing 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.

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Acts 20:16

Paul 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.

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Acts 20:17

From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

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Acts 20:18

When 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.

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Acts 20:19

I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

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Acts 20:20

I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

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Acts 20:21

testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Acts 20:22

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

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Acts 20:23

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

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Acts 20:24

But 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.

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Acts 20:25

Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

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Acts 20:26

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

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Acts 20:27

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

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Acts 20:28

Keep 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.

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Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

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Acts 20:30

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

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Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

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Acts 20:32

And 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.

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Acts 20:33

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

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Acts 20:34

You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

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Acts 20:35

In 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.’”

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Acts 20:36

When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

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Acts 20:37

They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

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Acts 20:38

They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web13 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Acts 20:10 → 1 Kings 17:17-24, Acts 20:26 → Ezekiel 3:18-21, Acts 20:28 → Isaiah 43:21, Acts 20:28 → Psalms 74:1-2, Acts 20:32 → Genesis 15:7, Acts 20:33 → 1 Samuel 12:1-5
Echoes Acts 20:37 → Genesis 33:4
Trajectories
Abraham (Father of Faith), Elijah (Prophet of Fire and Restoration), Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest)
Chiasms
Shaped Acts 19:21–20:06, Acts 20:07–12, Acts 20:17–38
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