Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ...
1 When all the uproar and trouble had stopped (FROM THE EPHESUS RIOT), Paul called YAHUSHA’S followers to come visit him, and after embracing and encouraging them, he left for Macedonia. 2 And he had many words to uplift the followers in those places too. 3 Then he went to Greece and stayed there three months. (LIKELY THIS WAS IN THE WINTER WHEN TRAVELING WAS USUALLY SUSPENDED, OR UNTIL THE SHIPPING LANES REOPENED). Paul was ready to sail for Syria, but some Jews were planning something against him. So he decided to go back through Macedonia to Syria. 4 These men were traveling with him: Sopater (the son of Pyrrhus from the city of Berea), Aristarchus and Secundus (from the city of Thessalonica), Gaius, (from the city of Derbe), with Timothy and Tychicus and Trophimus (two men from Asia). 5 These men went first, ahead of Paul. They waited for us (LUKE IS WITH THEM, WRITING THIS) in the city of Troas. 6 We sailed from the city of Philippi after the Festival of Passover and met these men in Troas five days later and stayed there seven days. 7 And at the end of the Sabbath (as the sun was setting), we all met together to bread bread and catch up. Paul talked to the group until midnight, for he was planning to leave the next day. 8 We were all together in a room upstairs, and there were many lights in the room. 9 There was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window. Paul continued talking, and Eutychus became very, very sleepy. Finally, he nodded off to sleep and fell out of the window. He fell to the ground from the third floor, and when the people ran down and lifted him up, he was dead. 10 So Paul went down to where Eutychus was, threw himself onto him, and wrapped his arms around him, saying to the other believers, “Don’t be upset, he's alive now.”
NOW LUKE (THE WRITER OF ACTS) WAS A PHYSICIAN AND WOULD KNOW IF SOMEONE WAS DEAD.
11 Then Paul went upstairs again, broke off some pieces of bread and ate, speaking to them for a long time. Infact it was early into the morning before he finished, and left. 12 YAHUSHA’S followers took Eutychus home alive, and they were all greatly comforted. 13 We went on ahead of Paul and sailed for the city of Assos, planning to meet him there. This is what he told us to do as he wanted to go by land. 14-15 When he caught up with us at Assos, we took him on board, and all sailed to Mitylene.
16 Paul had already decided not to stop at Ephesus. He did not want to stay too long in Asia, for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem by the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) if possible. 17 In Miletus Paul sent a message back to Ephesus, telling the elders of the Fellowship in Ephesus to come to him.
18 When they came, Paul said to them, “You know about my life from the first day I came to Asia. You know the way I lived all the time I was with you. 19 The Jews planned things against me, and this gave me much trouble. But you know that I always served YAHUSHA, sometimes with tears. I never thought about myself first. 20 I always did what was best for you. I told you the Good News about YAHUSHA in public before the people and also taught in your homes. 21 I told everyone—Jewish and non-Jewish people—to repent and turn to YAHUSHA. I told them all to believe in our Master YAHUSHA. 22 But now I must obey the Spirit and go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what will happen to me there. 23 I know only that in every city YAHUSHA’S Set-Apart Spirit tells me that troubles and even jail wait for me. 24 I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Master YAHUSHA gave me to do—to offer people the Good News about YAHUSHA’S favour. 25 And now listen to me. I know that none of you will ever see me again. All the time I was with you, I told you the Good News about YAHUSHA’S Kingdom. 26 So today I can tell you one thing that I am sure of: YAHUSHA will not blame me if some of you are not delivered. 27 I can say this because I know that I told you everything that YAHUSHA wants you to know. 28 Be careful for yourselves and for all the people YAHUSHA has given you. YAHUSHA’S Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the Bridal Fellowship of YAHUSHA, the people He bought with His own blood. 29 I know that after I leave, some men will come into your group. They will be like wild savage wolves and will try to destroy the flock. 30 Also, men from your own group will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some of YAHUSHA’S followers away from the truth to follow them. 31 So be careful! And always remember what I did during the three years I was with you. I never stopped reminding each one of you how you should live, warning you day and night with tears. 32 Now I am putting you in YAHUSHA’S care. I am depending on the Word of His favour to make you strong. For that message is able to give you the blessings that YAHUSHA gives to all his chosen people. 33 When I was with you, I never wanted anyone’s money or fine clothes. 34 You know that I always worked to take care of my own needs and the needs of the people who were with me. 35 I always showed you that you should work just as I did and help people who are weak. I taught you to remember the words of the Master YAHUSHA: ‘You will have a greater blessing when you give than when you receive.’” 36 When Paul finished speaking, he knelt down, and they all prayed together. 37-38 They cried and cried. They were especially sad because Paul had said they would never see him again. They hugged him and kissed him. Then they went with him to the ship to say goodbye.
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