diff --git a/45-ACT/20.usfm b/45-ACT/20.usfm index 1b5ebb98..d9cf515f 100644 --- a/45-ACT/20.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/20.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ - \s5 \c 20 - - \p \v 1 After the people at Ephesus had stopped rioting, Paul called the believers together. He urged them to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Soon after that, he told them "Goodbye" and left to go to the region of Macedonia. \v 2 After he arrived there, he urged them to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Then he went to Greece. @@ -15,8 +12,6 @@ \v 6 But Paul and I traveled by land as far as the city of Philippi. After the Jewish Festival of Bread made without Yeast, we got on a ship that was going to the city of Troas. After five days we arrived at Troas and met the other men who had traveled ahead of us. Then we all stayed in Troas for seven days. \s5 - - \p \v 7 On the first day of the week, we would gather together and we would share a meal together with the other believers. Paul spoke to the believers until midnight, because he was planning to leave Troas the next day. \v 8 Many oil lamps were burning in the upstairs room in which we had gathered. @@ -30,19 +25,15 @@ \v 12 The other people took the young man home, and were greatly comforted because he was alive again. \s5 - - \p \v 13 We then went to the ship. But Paul did not get on the ship with us in Troas, because he wanted to go more quickly overland to the town of Assos. The rest of us got on the ship and sailed for Assos. -\v 14 We met Paul in Assos. He got on the ship with us, and we sailed to the city of Miletus. +\v 14 We met Paul in Assos. He got on the ship with us, and we sailed to the city of Mitylene. \s5 \v 15 The day after we reached Mitylene, we sailed from there and arrived at a place near the Island of Chios. The day after that, we sailed to the Island of Samos. The next day we left Samos and sailed to the city of Miletus. \v 16 Miletus was just south of the city of Ephesus. Paul did not want to stop at Ephesus because he did not want to spend time in Asia. If possible, he wanted to arrive in Jerusalem by the time of the Pentecost festival, and the time of that festival was near. \s5 - - \p \v 17 When the ship arrived at Miletus, Paul sent a messenger to Ephesus to ask the elders of the group of believers there to come to talk with him. \p @@ -52,8 +43,6 @@ \v 21 I preached both to Jews and to non-Jews, telling them all that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and believe in our Lord Jesus." \s5 - - \p \v 22 "And now I am going to Jerusalem, because the Holy Spirit has clearly shown me that I must go there, and I must obey him. I do not know what will happen to me there. \v 23 But I do know that in each city I have visited, the Holy Spirit has told me that in Jerusalem people will put me in prison and will cause me to suffer. @@ -71,8 +60,6 @@ \s5 \v 31 So watch out that none of you stops believing the true message about our Lord Jesus! Remember that day and night for three years I taught you that message and warned you with tears to be faithful to the Lord." - - \p \v 32 "Now as I leave you I ask God to protect you and to keep you believing the message that he saves us by doing for us what we do not deserve. If you continue believing the message that I told you, you will become strong, and God will give you forever the good things that he has promised to give to all of those who belong to him. @@ -83,12 +70,7 @@ \v 35 In everything that I did, I showed you that we should work hard in order to have enough money to give some to those who are needy. We should remember that our Lord Jesus himself said, 'A person is happier when he gives to others than when he receives from them.'" \s5 - - \p \v 36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of the elders and prayed. \v 37 They all cried a lot, and they hugged Paul and kissed him. \v 38 They were very sad because he had said that they would never see him again. Then they all went with him to the ship. - - -