More Blessed to Give

After the uproar in Ephesus, Paul went through Macedonia and Greece. He encouraged the believers with many words.

At Troas the believers met to break bread. Paul talked until midnight. A young man named Eutychus sat in a window and fell into deep sleep. He fell from the third floor and was picked up as if dead. Paul went down and hugged him. He said not to be troubled, for his life was in him. They brought the boy in alive and were greatly comforted.

At Miletus Paul called the elders from Ephesus. He reminded them how he served the Lord with humility and tears. He said the Holy Spirit warned that hard times waited for him. But he wanted to finish his race with joy.

Paul told the elders to care for the flock, God's church. He reminded them that the Lord Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive. Then he knelt and prayed with them all. They cried and hugged him and walked him to the ship.