Veritable King James Version
1After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia.
2When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.
3There 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.
4Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas,
6but 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 seven days.
7On 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.
8There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
9And a young person 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.
10But Paul went down and bent over him, and embracing him said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.”
11And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
12And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.
13But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
14And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.
15And 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.
16For 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, on the day of Pentecost.
17Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.
18And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,
19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;
20how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,”
21“testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
22And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there,
23except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.”
24“But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
25And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will see my face again.”
26“Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all,
27for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
28Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which He obtained with His own blood.”
29“I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
30and from among your own selves will arise people speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
31Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.”
32“And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33I coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.
34You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.”
35“In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
36And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
37And there was much weeping on the part of all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,
38being especially sorrowful because of the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.
Translation notes
The NA28 Greek text uses “μαθητάς” in verse 1, translated as “disciples” gender-neutrally. “Them” in verse 2 refers to believers in Macedonia, kept neutral for “αὐτοῖς.” “Jews” in verse 3 renders “Ἰουδαίων,” specific to the group. “Encouragement” translates “παρακαλέσας,” echoing the KJV’s “exhorted.” “Uproar” renders “θόρυβον,” referring to Acts 19:23–41, per the NA28, preserving the KJV’s narrative continuity. No divine pronouns appear in this section.
“Us” and “we” in verses 5–6 reflect the NA28’s first-person plural, indicating Luke’s presence, translated gender-neutrally. The named individuals (all male) retain specific identifiers, per the NA28. “Days of Unleavened Bread” renders “ἡμέρας τῶν ἀζύμων,” echoing the KJV’s Jewish festival reference. “Accompanied” translates “συνείπετο,” preserving the KJV’s sense of companionship. No divine pronouns appear in this section.
“We” continues the first-person narrative, translated gender-neutrally for Luke and companions. “Young person” translates “νεανίας” for Eutychus, gender-neutral before naming, per the NA28. “Break bread” renders “κλᾶσαι ἄρτον,” echoing the KJV’s eucharistic imagery. “Taken up dead” translates “ἤρθη νεκρός,” preserving the KJV’s dramatic tone. The setting in the “upper room” (ἀνώγεον) reflects the KJV’s vivid detail.
“They” and “youth” translate “αὐτοί” and “παῖδα” gender-neutrally, referring to Eutychus and the group. “His life is in him” renders “ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστιν,” echoing the KJV’s reassurance of miraculous restoration. “Broken bread and eaten” translates “κλάσας τὸν ἄρτον καὶ γευσάμενος,” per the NA28, preserving the KJV’s communal meal imagery. “Not a little comforted” echoes the KJV’s understated relief.
“We” and “us” continue the first-person narrative, translated gender-neutrally for Luke and companions. “Intending to go by land” renders “μέλλων πεζεύειν,” per the NA28, echoing the KJV’s travel detail. The itinerary (Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, Miletus) is preserved as in the KJV, maintaining geographical precision. No divine pronouns appear in this section.
“Elders” translates “πρεσβυτέρους” gender-neutrally, as the role is unspecified in the NA28. “Church” renders “ἐκκλησίας,” inclusive of the Ephesian congregation. “Day of Pentecost” translates “ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς,” echoing the KJV’s festival reference. “Hastening” renders “ἔσπευδεν,” per the NA28, preserving the KJV’s urgency. No divine pronouns appear in this section.
“They” and “you” refer to the elders, translated gender-neutrally for “αὐτοί” and “ὑμᾶς.” Capitalized “Lord” follows instructions. “Plots of the Jews” renders “ἐπιβουλαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων,” specific to the group, per the NA28. “Did not shrink” translates “οὐδὲν ὑπεστειλάμην,” echoing the KJV’s boldness. “From house to house” renders “κατ’ οἴκους,” preserving the KJV’s pastoral detail.
“Jews and Greeks” translates “Ἰουδαίοις τε καὶ Ἕλλησιν,” gender-neutral for the audience. Capitalized “God,” “Lord Jesus Christ,” “Spirit,” and “Holy Spirit” follow instructions. “Constrained by the Spirit” renders “δεδεμένος τῷ πνεύματι,” echoing the KJV’s divine compulsion. “Testifies to me” translates “διαμαρτύρεται,” per the NA28, preserving the KJV’s prophetic tone.
“You” refers to the elders, translated gender-neutrally for “ὑμῶν.” Capitalized “Lord Jesus” and “God” follow instructions. “Finish my course” renders “τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον,” echoing the KJV’s athletic metaphor (cf. 2 Timothy 4:7). “Gospel of the grace of God” translates “εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ,” per the NA28, preserving the KJV’s theological emphasis.
“You,” “all,” and “flock” translate “ὑμῖν,” “πάντων,” and “ποίμνιον” gender-neutrally. Capitalized “God,” “Holy Spirit,” “He,” and “His” follow instructions. “Innocent of the blood” renders “καθαρὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος,” echoing Acts 18:6 and the KJV’s imagery. “Overseers” translates “ἐπισκόπους,” synonymous with “elders,” per the NA28. “His own blood” renders “τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος,” preserving the KJV’s theological weight.
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