Acts 20:10-18

¹⁰Paul went down, stretched himself out upon him, and hugged him. “Don't worry, he's alive,” he said.

¹¹Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate together with them. He went on talking with them until dawn came, and then he left.

¹²They took the young man home alive and well, and were very thankful for this.

¹³We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos. There we were due to pick up Paul, since that was what he had planned as he decided to travel on foot.

¹⁴He did indeed meet us at Assos. We picked him up, and went on to Mitylene.

¹⁵Sailing on from there we arrived off Kios, and the next day we stopped briefly at Samos, and the following day we arrived at Miletus.

¹⁶Paul had planned to sail on past Ephesus so he wouldn't have to spend time in the province of Asia. He was keen to get to Jerusalem in time for the Day of Pentecost.

¹⁷From Miletus Paul sent a message to the elders of the church in Ephesus.

¹⁸When they arrived, he told them, “You know how I always behaved while I was with you from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.