Acts Chapter 20
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and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a
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Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.
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And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.
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And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide
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there. And she constrained us.
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And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.
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The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation.
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And this she did for many days. But Paul, being sore troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.
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But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,
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and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
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and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.
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And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
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And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
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who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
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But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
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and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one’s bands were loosed.
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And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
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But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
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And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,
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and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
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And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
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And they spake the word of the Lord unto him, with all that were in his house.
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And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
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And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.
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But when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
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And the jailor reported the words to Paul,
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saying, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.
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But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.
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And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
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and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.
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And they went out of the prison, and entered into
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the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
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Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
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and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,
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opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom,
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said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.
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And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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But after the tumult had ceased, Paul having called the disciples to [him] and embraced [them], went away to go to Macedonia.
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And having passed through those parts, and having exhorted them with much discourse, he came to Greece.
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And having spent three months [there], a treacherous plot against him having been set on foot by the Jews, as he was going to sail to Syria, [the] resolution was adopted of returning through Macedonia.
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And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater [son] of Pyrrhus, a Berean; and of Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius and Timotheus of Derbe, and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
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These going before waited for us in Troas;
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but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and we came to them to Troas in five days, where we spent seven days.
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And the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, about to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged the discourse till midnight.
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And there were many lights in the upper room where we were assembled.
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And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, sitting at the window-opening, overpowered by deep sleep, while Paul discoursed very much at length, having been overpowered by the sleep, fell from the third story down to the bottom, and was taken up dead.
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But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding [him] [in his arms], said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.
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And having gone up, and having broken the bread, and eaten, and having long spoken until daybreak, so he went away.
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And they brought [away] the boy alive, and were no little comforted.
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And we, having gone before on board ship, sailed off to Assos, going to take in Paul there; for so he had directed, he himself being about to go on foot.
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And when he met with us at Assos, having taken him on board, we came to Mitylene;
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and having sailed thence, on the morrow arrived opposite Chios, and the next day put in at Samos; and having stayed at Trogyllium, the next day we came to Miletus:
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for Paul thought it desirable to sail by Ephesus, so that he might not be made to spend time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible for him, to be the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.
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But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over [to him] the elders of the assembly.
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And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know how I was with you all the time from the first day that I arrived in Asia,
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serving the Lord with all lowliness, and tears, and temptations, which happened to me through the plots of the Jews;
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how I held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce [it] to you, and to teach you publicly and in every house,
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testifying to both Jews and Greeks repentance towardsGod, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.
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And now, behold, bound in my spirit I go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall happen to me in it;
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only that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.
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But I make no account of [my] life [as] dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace ofGod.
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And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom [ofGod], shall see my face no more.
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Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,
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for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel ofGod.
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Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly ofGod, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.
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[For] I know [this,] that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;
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and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.
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Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one [of you] with tears.
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And now I commit you toGod, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and give [to you] an inheritance among all the sanctified.
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I have coveted [the] silver or gold or clothing of no one.
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Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.
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I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring [we] ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
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And having said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
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And they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him,
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specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Postquam autem cessavit tumultus, vocatis Paulus discipulis, et exhortatus eos, valedixit, et profectus est ut iret in Macedoniam.
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Cum autem perambulasset partes illas, et exhortatus eos fuisset multo sermone, venit ad Græciam:
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ubi cum fecisset menses tres, factæ sunt illi insidiæ a Iudæis navigaturo in Syriam: habuitque consilium ut reverteretur per Macedoniam.
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Comitatus est autem eum Sopater Pyrrhi Berœensis, Thessalonicensium vero Aristarchus, et Secundus, et Gaius Derbeus, et Timotheus: Asiani vero Tychicus, et Trophimus.
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Hi cum præcessissent, sustinuerunt nos Troade:
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nos vero navigavimus post dies Azymorum a Philippis, et venimus ad eos Troadem in diebus quinque, ubi demorati sumus diebus septem.
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Una autem Sabbati cum convenissemus ad frangendum panem, Paulus disputabat cum eis profecturus in crastinum, protraxitque sermonem usque in mediam noctem.
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Erant autem lampades copiosæ in cœnaculo, ubi eramus congregati.
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Sedens autem quidam adolescens nomine Eutychus super fenestram, cum mergeretur somno gravi, disputante diu Paulo, ductus somno cecidit de tertio cœnaculo deorsum, et sublatus est mortuus.
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Ad quem cum descendisset Paulus, incubuit super eum: et complexus dixit: Nolite turbari, anima enim ipsius in ipso est.
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Ascendens autem, frangensque panem, et gustans, satisque allocutus usque in lucem, sic profectus est.
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Adduxerunt autem puerum viventem, et consolati sunt non minime.
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Nos autem ascendentes navem, navigavimus in Asson, inde suscepturi Paulum: sic enim disposuerat ipse per terram iter facturus.
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Cum autem convenisset nos in Asson, assumpto eo, venimus Mitylenen.
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Et inde navigantes, sequenti die venimus contra Chium, et alia applicuimus Samum, et sequenti die venimus Miletum.
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proposuerat enim Paulus transnavigare Ephesum, nequa mora illi fieret in Asia. Festinabat enim, si possibile sibi esset, ut diem Pentecostes faceret Ierosolymis.
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A Mileto autem mittens Ephesum, vocavit Maiores natu Ecclesiæ.
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Qui cum venissent ad eum, et simul essent, dixit eis: Vos scitis a prima die, qua ingressus sum in Asiam, qualiter vobiscum per omne tempus fuerim,
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serviens Domino cum omni humilitate, et lacrymis, et tentationibus, quæ mihi acciderunt ex insidiis Iudæorum:
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quomodo nihil subtraxerim utilium, quominus annunciarem vobis, et docerem vos publice, et per domos,
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testificans Iudæis, atque Gentilibus in Deum pœnitentiam, et fidem in Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum.
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Et nunc ecce alligatus ego spiritu, vado in Ierusalem: quæ in ea ventura sint mihi, ignorans:
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nisi quod Spiritus sanctus per omnes civitates mihi protestatur, dicens: quoniam vincula, et tribulationes Ierosolymis me manent.
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Sed nihil horum vereor: nec facio animam meam pretiosiorem quam me, dummodo consummem cursum meum, et ministerium verbi, quod accepi a Domino Iesu, testificari Evangelium gratiæ Dei.
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Et nunc ecce ego scio quia amplius non videbitis faciem meam vos omnes, per quos transivi prædicans regnum Dei.
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Quapropter contestor vos hodierna die, quia mundus sum a sanguine omnium.
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Non enim subterfugi, quominus annunciarem omne consilium Dei vobis.
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Attendite vobis, et universo gregi, in quo vos Spiritus sanctus posuit episcopos regere Ecclesiam Dei, quam acquisivit sanguine suo.
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Ego scio quoniam intrabunt post discessionem meam lupi rapaces in vos, non parcentes gregi.
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Et ex vobis ipsis exurgent viri loquentes perversa, ut abducant discipulos post se.
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Propter quod vigilate memoria retinentes: quoniam per triennium nocte et die non cessavi, cum lacrymis monens unumquemque vestrum.
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Et nunc commendo vos Deo, et verbo gratiæ ipsius, qui potens est ædificare, et dare hereditatem in sanctificatis omnibus.
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Argentum, et aurum, aut vestem nullius concupivi, sicut
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ipsi scitis: quoniam ad ea, quæ mihi opus erant, et his, qui mecum sunt, ministraverunt manus istæ.
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Omnia ostendi vobis, quoniam sic laborantes, oportet suscipere infirmos, ac meminisse verbi Domini Iesu, quoniam ipse dixit: Beatius est magis dare, quam accipere.
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Et cum hæc dixisset, positis genibus suis oravit cum omnibus illis.
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Magnus autem fletus factus est omnium: et procumbentes super collum Pauli, osculabantur eum,
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dolentes maxime in verbo, quod dixerat, quoniam amplius faciem eius non essent visuri. Et deducebant eum ad navem.
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After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
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When he had gone through those parts and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
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When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
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These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
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But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
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We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
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On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight.
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There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together.
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A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead.
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Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.”
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When he had gone up, had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed.
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They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.
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But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land.
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When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and came to Mitylene.
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Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.
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For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
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From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the assembly.
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When they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,
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serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
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how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
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testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
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Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
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except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
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But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
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“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.
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Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all men,
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for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
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Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
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For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
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Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.
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Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.
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You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.
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In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
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When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
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They all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,
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sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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μετα δε το παυσασθαι τον θορυβον μεταπεμψαμενος ο παυλος τους μαθητας και παρακαλεσας ασπασαμενος εξηλθεν πορευεσθαι εις μακεδονιαν
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διελθων δε τα μερη εκεινα και παρακαλεσας αυτους λογω πολλω ηλθεν εις την ελλαδα
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ποιησας τε μηνας τρεις γενομενης επιβουλης αυτω υπο των ιουδαιων μελλοντι αναγεσθαι εις την συριαν εγενετο γνωμης του υποστρεφειν δια μακεδονιας
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συνειπετο δε αυτω σωπατρος πυρρου βεροιαιος θεσσαλονικεων δε αρισταρχος και σεκουνδος και γαιος δερβαιος και τιμοθεος ασιανοι δε τυχικος και τροφιμος
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ουτοι δε προσελθοντες εμενον ημας εν τρωαδι
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ημεις δε εξεπλευσαμεν μετα τας ημερας των αζυμων απο φιλιππων και ηλθομεν προς αυτους εις την τρωαδα αχρι ημερων πεντε ου διετριψαμεν ημερας επτα
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εν δε τη μια των σαββατων συνηγμενων ημων κλασαι αρτον ο παυλος διελεγετο αυτοις μελλων εξιεναι τη επαυριον παρετεινεν τε τον λογον μεχρι μεσονυκτιου
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ησαν δε λαμπαδες ικαναι εν τω υπερωω ου ημεν συνηγμενοι
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καθεζομενος δε τις νεανιας ονοματι ευτυχος επι της θυριδος καταφερομενος υπνω βαθει διαλεγομενου του παυλου επι πλειον κατενεχθεις απο του υπνου επεσεν απο του τριστεγου κατω και ηρθη νεκρος
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καταβας δε ο παυλος επεπεσεν αυτω και συμπεριλαβων ειπεν μη θορυβεισθε η γαρ ψυχη αυτου εν αυτω εστιν
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αναβας δε [και] κλασας τον αρτον και γευσαμενος εφ ικανον τε ομιλησας αχρι αυγης ουτως εξηλθεν
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ηγαγον δε τον παιδα ζωντα και παρεκληθησαν ου μετριως
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ημεις δε προελθοντες επι το πλοιον ανηχθημεν επι την ασσον εκειθεν μελλοντες αναλαμβανειν τον παυλον ουτως γαρ διατεταγμενος ην μελλων αυτος πεζευειν
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ως δε συνεβαλλεν ημιν εις την ασσον αναλαβοντες αυτον ηλθομεν εις μιτυληνην
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κακειθεν αποπλευσαντες τη επιουση κατηντησαμεν αντικρυς χιου τη δε ετερα παρεβαλομεν εις σαμον τη δε εχομενη ηλθομεν εις μιλητον
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κεκρικει γαρ ο παυλος παραπλευσαι την εφεσον οπως μη γενηται αυτω χρονοτριβησαι εν τη ασια εσπευδεν γαρ ει δυνατον ειη αυτω την ημεραν της πεντηκοστης γενεσθαι εις ιεροσολυμα
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απο δε της μιλητου πεμψας εις εφεσον μετεκαλεσατο τους πρεσβυτερους της εκκλησιας
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ως δε παρεγενοντο προς αυτον ειπεν αυτοις υμεις επιστασθε απο πρωτης ημερας αφ ης επεβην εις την ασιαν πως μεθ υμων τον παντα χρονον εγενομην
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δουλευων τω κυριω μετα πασης ταπεινοφροσυνης και δακρυων και πειρασμων των συμβαντων μοι εν ταις επιβουλαις των ιουδαιων
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ως ουδεν υπεστειλαμην των συμφεροντων του μη αναγγειλαι υμιν και διδαξαι υμας δημοσια και κατ οικους
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διαμαρτυρομενος ιουδαιοις τε και ελλησιν την εις θεον μετανοιαν και πιστιν εις τον κυριον ημων ιησουν
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και νυν ιδου δεδεμενος εγω τω πνευματι πορευομαι εις ιερουσαλημ τα εν αυτη συναντησοντα εμοι μη ειδως
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πλην οτι το πνευμα το αγιον κατα πολιν διαμαρτυρεται μοι λεγον οτι δεσμα και θλιψεις με μενουσιν
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αλλ ουδενος λογου ποιουμαι την ψυχην τιμιαν εμαυτω ως τελειωσω τον δρομον μου και την διακονιαν ην ελαβον παρα του κυριου ιησου διαμαρτυρασθαι το ευαγγελιον της χαριτος του θεου
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και νυν ιδου εγω οιδα οτι ουκετι οψεσθε το προσωπον μου υμεις παντες εν οις διηλθον κηρυσσων την βασιλειαν
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διοτι μαρτυρομαι υμιν εν τη σημερον ημερα οτι καθαρος ειμι απο του αιματος παντων
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ου γαρ υπεστειλαμην του μη αναγγειλαι πασαν την βουλην του θεου υμιν
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προσεχετε εαυτοις και παντι τω ποιμνιω εν ω υμας το πνευμα το αγιον εθετο επισκοπους ποιμαινειν την εκκλησιαν του θεου ην περιεποιησατο δια του αιματος του ιδιου
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εγω οιδα οτι εισελευσονται μετα την αφιξιν μου λυκοι βαρεις εις υμας μη φειδομενοι του ποιμνιου
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και εξ υμων [αυτων] αναστησονται ανδρες λαλουντες διεστραμμενα του αποσπαν τους μαθητας οπισω εαυτων
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διο γρηγορειτε μνημονευοντες οτι τριετιαν νυκτα και ημεραν ουκ επαυσαμην μετα δακρυων νουθετων ενα εκαστον
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και τα νυν παρατιθεμαι υμας τω κυριω και τω λογω της χαριτος αυτου τω δυναμενω οικοδομησαι και δουναι την κληρονομιαν εν τοις ηγιασμενοις πασιν
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αργυριου η χρυσιου η ιματισμου ουδενος επεθυμησα
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αυτοι γινωσκετε οτι ταις χρειαις μου και τοις ουσιν μετ εμου υπηρετησαν αι χειρες αυται
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παντα υπεδειξα υμιν οτι ουτως κοπιωντας δει αντιλαμβανεσθαι των ασθενουντων μνημονευειν τε των λογων του κυριου ιησου οτι αυτος ειπεν μακαριον εστιν μαλλον διδοναι η λαμβανειν
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και ταυτα ειπων θεις τα γονατα αυτου συν πασιν αυτοις προσηυξατο
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ικανος δε κλαυθμος εγενετο παντων και επιπεσοντες επι τον τραχηλον του παυλου κατεφιλουν αυτον
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οδυνωμενοι μαλιστα επι τω λογω ω ειρηκει οτι ουκετι μελλουσιν το προσωπον αυτου θεωρειν προεπεμπον δε αυτον εις το πλοιον
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And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced <FI>them<Fi> , went forth to go on to Macedonia;
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and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;
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having made also three months' <FI>stay<Fi> --a counsel of the Jews having been against him--being about to set forth to Syria, there came <FI>to him<Fi> a resolution of returning through Macedonia.
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And there were accompanying him unto Asia, Sopater of Berea, and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of Asiatics Tychicus and Trophimus;
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these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,
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and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
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And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,
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and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,
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and there was sitting a certain youth, by name Eutychus, upon the window--being borne down by a deep sleep, Paul discoursing long--he having sunk down from the sleep, fell down from the third story, and was lifted up dead.
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And Paul, having gone down, fell upon him, and having embraced <FI>him<Fi> , said, `Make no tumult, for his life is in him;'
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and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked--till daylight, so he went forth,
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and they brought up the lad alive, and were comforted in no ordinary measure.
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And we having gone before unto the ship, did sail to Assos, thence intending to take in Paul, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go on foot;
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and when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,
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and thence having sailed, on the morrow we came over-against Chios, and the next day we arrived at Samos, and having remained in Trogyllium, on the following day we came to Miletus,
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for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he hasted, if it were possible for him, on the day of the Pentecost to be at Jerusalem.
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And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,
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and when they were come unto him, he said to them, `Ye--ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;
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serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against <FI>me<Fi> ;
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how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,
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testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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`And now, lo, I--bound in the Spirit--go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,
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save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;
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but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.
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`And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, --ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;
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wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I <FI>am<Fi> clear from the blood of all,
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for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.
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`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,
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for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,
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and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
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`Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;
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and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.
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`The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;
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and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands;
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all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
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And these things having said, having bowed his knees, with them all, he did pray,
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and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,
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sorrowing most of all for the word that he had said--that they are about no more to see his face; and they were accompanying him to the ship.
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).