[:en]Through Macedonia and Greece (vs. 1-6)
Paul set out for Macedonia and arrived in Greece. He stayed there for 3 months but went back to Macedonia because the Jews made a plot against him. Luke and Paul sailed for Philippi and stayed at Troas for 7 days.
Euthychus Raised from the Dead at Troas (vs. 7-12)
Paul was speaking to the people until midnight. A young man name Eutychus seated in a window and fall into deep sleep. He fell to the ground from the third storey and was picked up dead. Paul went down and threw himself on his arms around him and he became alive.
Paul’s farewell to the Ephesian Elders (vs. 13-38)
Paul arrived at Ephesus and gave his farewell speech to the Ephesian elders. The Holy Spirit had compelled him to go to Jerusalem. He was willing to fulfill his mission even though he knew that he would be imprisoned and experience suffering there. He said: “I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace” (v. 24) He told them: “Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you oversee. Be shepherds of the church of God which he brought with his own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will no spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for 3 years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears” (vs. 28-31)
Paul was a tentmaker and he supported himself with this trade. He worked not to become rich but to be free from being dependent on anyone. He supported himself as well as others who traveled with him. He quoted the word the Lord Jesus said” “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (v. 35)[:]