The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xx. Chapter.

AFter the rage was ceased / Paul called the disciples vnto him / & toke his leave [ A] of them / & departed for to goo into Ma∣cedonia. And when he had gone over those parties / and geven them large exhortacions / he came into Grece / and there abode .iii. mone thes. And when the Iewes layde wayte for him as he was about to sayle into Syria / he purposed to returne thorowe Macedonia. Ther acompanied him into Asia / Sopater of Berrea / and of Thessalonia Aristarcus & Se∣cundus / & Gayus of Derba / & Timotheus: and out of Asia Tychicus and Trophimos. These went before / and taryed vs at Troas. And we sayled awaye frō Philippos after the ester holydayes / & came vnto them to Troas in five dayes / where we abode seven dayes.

And on the morowe after the saboth daye the disciples came to geder for to breake breed [ B] and Paul preached vnto them (redy to depar∣te on the morowe) & cōtinued the preachynge vnto mydnyght. And there were many lygh∣tes in the chamber where thy were gaddered to geder / and there sate in a wyndowe a cer∣tayne

yonge man named Eutichos / fallen in∣to* 1.1 a depe slepe. And as Paul declared / he was the moare overcome with slepe / & fell doune from the thyrde lofte / and was taken vp deed. Paul went doune and fell on him / and embra∣sed him / and sayde: make nothinge a do / for his lyfe is in him. When he was come vp agayne / he brake breed / and tasted / and come∣ned [ C] a longewhyle even tyll the mornynge / and so departed. And they brought the yoūge man a lyve / and were not alytell comforted.

And we went a fore to shippe and lowsed vnto Asson / these to receave Paul. For so had he apoynted / and wolde him selfe goo a fote. When he was come to vs vnto Asson / we to∣ke him in / & came to Mytelenes. And we say∣led thence / and came the nexte daye over aga∣ynst Chios. And the nexte daye we aryved at Samos / and taryed at Trogilion. The nexte daye we came to Myleton: for Paul had de∣termined to leave Ephesus as they sayled / because he wolde not spende y^e tyme in Asia. For he hasted to be (yf he coulde possible) at Ierusalem at the daye of pentecoste. Wherfo¦re from Myleton he sent to Ephesus / & called the elders of the cōgregacion. And when they were come to him / he sayde vnto thē: Ye kno∣we frō the fyrst daye y^t I came vnto Asia / af∣ter [ D] what maner. I have bene w^t you at all cra∣sons / servynge the lorde with all humblenes* 1.2 of mynde / & with many teares / & temptacions which happened vnto me by the layinges awayte of the Ieues / & how I kept backe no

thinge that was profitable: but that I have shewed you & taught you openly and at home in youre houses / witnessinge bothe to the Ie∣wes / & also to the Grekes / the repentaunce to¦ward* 1.3 God / & faith towarde oure Lorde Iesu.

And now beholde I goo bounde in the spre¦te [ E] vnto Ierusalem / & knowe not what shall co¦me on me thers / but that the holy goost wit∣nesseth in every cite sayinge: y^• bondes & trou∣ble abyde me. But none of tho thinges mo∣ve me: nether is my lyfe dere vnto my selfe / that I myght fulfill my course w^t ioye / & the ministraciō which I have receaved of y^e Lorde Iesu / to testify the gospell of y^• grace of god.

And now beholde / I am sure y^t hence forth [ F] ye all (thorow whō I have gone preachinge y^e kyngdome of God) shall se my face no moo∣re. Wherfore I take you to recorde this same daye / that I am pure frō the bloude of all mē. For I have kepte nothinge backe: but have shewed you all the counsell of God. Take he∣de therfore vnto youre selves / & to all the floc¦ke / wherof the holy goost hath made you oversears / to rule the congregacion of God / which he hathpurchased with hisbloud. For I am sure of this / that after my departynge* 1.4 shall greveous wolves entre in amonge you / which will not spare the flocke. Moreover of youre awne selves shall men aryse speakinge perverse thing{is} / to drawe disciples after thē. [ G] Therfore awake & remember / that by the spa¦ce of .iii. yeares I ceased not to warne every one of you / both nyght and daye with teares.

And now brethren I cōmende you to God and to the worde of his grace / which is able [ G] to bylde further / & to geve you an inheritaun∣ce amōge all them which are sanctified. I ha¦ve* 1.5 desyred no mās silver / golde / or vesture. Ye knowe well y^• these hondes have ministred vnto my necessities / and to them that were w^t me. I have shewed you all thing{is} / how that so laborynge ye ought to receave the weake / & to remember the wordes of the Lorde Iesu / howe that he sayde: It is more blessed to ge∣ve / then to receave.

When he had thus spoken / he kneled dou∣ne / and prayed with them all. And they wept all aboundantly / and fell on Pauls necke / & kissed him / sorowinge most of all for the wor∣des which he spake / that they shuld se his fa∣ce no moore. And they acompanyed him vnto the shyppe.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Euti∣chos.
• * 1.2

  The ser∣mon of Paule to the Ephe¦sians.
• * 1.3

  Repen∣taūce and fayth
• * 1.4

  Greuous wolues.
• * 1.5

  j. cor. iiij. j. tess. ij. b ij. tess. iij.