The Early Church

But if there is something more you want, it will have to be settled in a lawful assembly.

For we are in danger of being accused of rioting on account of what has happened today. There is no justification for it; and if we are asked, we will be unable to give any reasonable explanation for this disorderly gathering.”

And with these words, he dismissed the assembly.

After the furor died down, Sha’ul sent for the talmidim and encouraged them, then took his leave and set out on his way to Macedonia.

He went through that area, and, after saying much to encourage them, passed on to Greece,

where he spent three months. As he was preparing to set sail for Syria, he discovered a plot against him by the unbelieving Jews; so he changed his mind and decided to return by way of Macedonia.

Sopater from Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; as did Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

These men went on and waited for us in Troas,

while we sailed from Philippi after the Days of Matzah. Five days later, we met them in Troas, where we spent a week.

On Motza’ei-Shabbat, when we were gathered to break bread, Sha’ul addressed them. Since he was going to leave the next day, he kept talking until midnight.

Now there were many oil lamps burning in the upstairs room where we were meeting,

and there was a young fellow named Eutychus sitting on the window-sill. As Sha’ul’s drash went on and on, Eutychus grew sleepier and sleepier; until finally he went sound asleep and fell from the third story to the ground. When they picked him up, he was dead.

But Sha’ul went down, threw himself onto him, put his arms around him and said, “Don’t be upset, he’s alive!”

Then he went back upstairs, broke the bread and ate. He continued talking with them till daylight, then left.

So, greatly relieved, they brought the boy home alive.

We went on ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, where we were planning to take Sha’ul aboard — he had arranged this because he wanted to go there by land.

After he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.

The next day, we sailed from there and arrived off Chios; the following day, we crossed over to Samos; and the day after that, we reached Miletus.

For Sha’ul had decided to bypass Ephesus on his voyage, in order to avoid losing time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to get to Yerushalayim, if possible in time to celebrate Shavu‘ot.

But he did send from Miletus to Ephesus, summoning the elders of the Messianic community.

When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia, I was with you the whole time,

serving the Lord with much humility and with tears, in spite of the tests I had to undergo because of the plots of the unbelieving Jews.

You know that I held back nothing that could be helpful to you, and that I taught you both in public and from house to house,

declaring with utmost seriousness the same message to Jews and Greeks alike: turn from sin to God; and put your trust in our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.

“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Yerushalayim. I don’t know what will happen to me there,