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; Timothy; and two men from Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5. These men went first, ahead of Paul. They waited for us in the city of Troas.
6. We sailed from the city of Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. We met these men in Troas five days later and stayed there seven days.
7. On Sunday we all met together to eat the Lord’s Supper. Paul talked to the group. Because he was planning to leave the next day, he continued talking until midnight.
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 went to sleep and fell out of the window. He fell to the ground from the third floor. When the people went down and lifted him up, he was dead.
10. Paul went down to where Eutychus was, knelt down beside him, and put his arms around him. He said to the other believers, “Don’t worry. He is alive now.”
11. Then Paul went upstairs again, broke off some pieces of bread and ate. He spoke to them a long time. It was early morning when he finished, and then he left.
12. The Lord’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 because he wanted to go by land.
14. When he caught up with us at Assos, we took him on board, and we all sailed to Mitylene.
15. The next day, we sailed away from there and came to a place near the island of Chios. Then the next day, we sailed to the island of Samos. A day later, we came to the city of Miletus.
16. Paul had already decided not to stop at Ephesus. He did not want to stay too long in Asia. He was hurrying because he wanted to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost if possible.
17. In Miletus Paul sent a message back to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church 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 the Lord, 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 Jesus in public before the people and also taught in your homes.