After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he
said farewell and departed for Macedonia. 2 When he had gone through those regions
and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. 3 There he spent three
months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail
for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. 4 Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus,
accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of
Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 These went on ahead
and were waiting for us at Troas, 6 but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of
Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for
7 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul
talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech
until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
9 And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as
Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story
and was taken up dead. 10 But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in
his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” 11 And when Paul had gone up
and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak,
and so departed. 12 And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.
13 But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard
there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land. 14 And when he met us
at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. 15 And sailing from there we
came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day
after that we went to Miletus. 16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he
might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible,