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# Acts 20

Acts 20 is chapter 20 of 28 in the Acts of the Apostles. Here are all 38 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Paul passes through Macedonia and Greece. He raises a dead man to life at Troas. His discourse to the clergy of Ephesus.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Acts 20 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Then, after the tumult ceased, Paul, calling the disciples to himself and exhorting them, said farewell. And he set out, so that he might go into Macedonia.
2. And when he had walked through those areas and had exhorted them with many sermons, he went into Greece.
3. After he had spent three months there, treacheries were planned against him by the Jews, just as he was about to sail into Syria. And having been advised of this, he return through Macedonia.
4. Now those accompanying him were Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus from Beroea; and also the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and also Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.
5. These, after they had gone ahead, waited for us at Troas.
6. Yet truly, we sailed from Philippi, after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we went to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
7. Then, on the first Sabbath, when we had assembled together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to set out the next day. But he prolonged his sermon into the middle of the night.
8. Now there were plenty of lamps in the upper room, where we were gathered.
9. And a certain adolescent named Eutychus, sitting on the window sill, was being weighed down by a heavy drowsiness (for Paul was preaching at length). Then, as he went to sleep, he fell from the third floor room downward. And when he was lifted up, he was dead.
10. When Paul had gone down to him, he laid himself over him and, embracing him, said, “Do not worry, for his soul is still within him.”
11. And so, going up, and breaking bread, and eating, and having spoken well on until daylight, he then set out.
12. Now they had brought the boy in alive, and they were more than a little consoled.
13. Then we climbed aboard the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take in Paul. For so he himself had decided, since he was making the journey by land.
14. And when he had joined us at Assos, we took him in, and we went to Mitylene.
15. And sailing from there, on the following day, we arrived opposite Chios. And next we landed at Samos. And on the following day we went to Miletus.
16. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not be delayed in Asia. For he was hurrying so that, if it were possible for him, he might observe the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.
17. Then, sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called those greater by birth in the church.
18. And when they had come to him and were together, he said to them: “You know that from the first day when I entered into Asia, I have been with you, for the entire time, in this manner:
19. serving the Lord, with all humility and despite the tears and trials which befell me from the treacheries of the Jews,
20. how I held back nothing that was of value, how well I have preached to you, and that I have taught you publicly and throughout the houses,
21. testifying both to Jews and to Gentiles about repentance in God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
22. And now, behold, being obliged in spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
23. except that the Holy Spirit, throughout every city, has cautioned me, saying that chains and tribulations await me at Jerusalem.
24. But I dread none of these things. Neither do I consider my life to be more precious because it is my own, provided that in some way I may complete my own course and that of the ministry of the Word, which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God.
25. And now, behold, I know that you will no longer see my face, all of you among whom I have traveled, preaching the kingdom of God.
26. For this reason, I call you as witnesses on this very day: that I am clean from the blood of all.
27. For I have not turned aside in the least from announcing every counsel of God to you.
28. Take care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by his own blood.
29. I know that after my departure ravenous wolves will enter among you, not sparing the flock.
30. And from among yourselves, men will rise up, speaking perverse things in order to entice disciples after them.
31. Because of this, be vigilant, retaining in memory that throughout three years I did not cease, night and day, with tears, to admonish each and every one of you.
32. And now, I commend you to God and to the Word of his grace. He has the power to build up, and to give an inheritance to all who are sanctified.
33. I have coveted neither silver and gold, nor apparel,
34. as you yourselves know. For that which was needed by me and by those who are with me, these hands have provided.
35. I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
36. And when he had said these things, kneeling down, he prayed with all of them.
37. Then a great weeping occurred among them all. And, falling upon the neck of Paul, they kissed him,
38. being grieved most of all over the word which he had said, that they would never see his face again. And they brought him to the ship.

## Acts 20 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Postquam autem cessavit tumultus, vocatis Paulus discipulis, et exhortatus eos, valedixit, et profectus est ut iret in Macedoniam.
2. Cum autem perambulasset partes illas, et exhortatus eos fuisset multo sermone, venit ad Græciam:
3. ubi cum fecisset menses tres, factæ sunt illi insidiæ a Judæis navigaturo in Syriam: habuitque consilium ut reverteretur per Macedoniam.
4. Comitatus est autem eum Sopater Pyrrhi Berœensis, Thessalonicensium vero Aristarchus, et Secundus, et Gajus Derbeus, et Timotheus: Asiani vero Tychicus et Trophimus.
5. Hi cum præcessissent, sustinuerunt nos Troade:
6. nos vero navigavimus post dies azymorum a Philippis, et venimus ad eos Troadem in diebus quinque, ubi demorati sumus diebus septem.
7. Una autem sabbati cum convenissemus ad frangendum panem, Paulus disputabat cum eis profecturus in crastinum, protraxitque sermonem usque in mediam noctem.
8. Erant autem lampades copiosæ in cœnaculo, ubi eramus congregati.
9. 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.
10. Ad quem cum descendisset Paulus, incubuit super eum: et complexus dixit: Nolite turbari, anima enim ipsius in ipso est.
11. Ascendens autem, frangensque panem, et gustans, satisque allocutus usque in lucem, sic profectus est.
12. Adduxerunt autem puerum viventem, et consolati sunt non minime.
13. Nos autem ascendentes navem, navigavimus in Asson, inde suscepturi Paulum: sic enim disposuerat ipse per terram iter facturus.
14. Cum autem convenisset nos in Asson, assumpto eo, venimus Mitylenen.
15. Et inde navigantes, sequenti die venimus contra Chium, et alia applicuimus Samum, et sequenti die venimus Miletum.
16. Proposuerat enim Paulus transnavigare Ephesum, ne qua mora illi fieret in Asia. Festinabat enim, si possibile sibi esset, ut diem Pentecostes faceret Jerosolymis.
17. A Mileto autem mittens Ephesum, vocavit majores natu ecclesiæ.
18. 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,
19. serviens Domino cum omni humilitate, et lacrimis, et tentationibus, quæ mihi acciderunt ex insidiis Judæorum:
20. quomodo nihil subtraxerim utilium, quominus annuntiarem vobis et docerem vos, publice et per domos,
21. testificans Judæis atque gentilibus in Deum pœnitentiam, et fidem in Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum.
22. Et nunc ecce alligatus ego spiritu, vado in Jerusalem: quæ in ea ventura sint mihi, ignorans:
23. nisi quod Spiritus Sanctus per omnes civitates mihi protestatur, dicens quoniam vincula et tribulationes Jerosolymis me manent.
24. Sed nihil horum vereor: nec facio animam meam pretiosiorem quam me, dummodo consummem cursum meum, et ministerium verbi quod accepi a Domino Jesu, testificari Evangelium gratiæ Dei.
25. Et nunc ecce ego scio quia amplius non videbitis faciem meam vos omnes, per quos transivi prædicans regnum Dei.
26. Quapropter contestor vos hodierna die, quia mundus sum a sanguine omnium.
27. Non enim subterfugi, quominus annuntiarem omne consilium Dei vobis.
28. Attendite vobis, et universo gregi, in quo vos Spiritus Sanctus posuit episcopos regere ecclesiam Dei, quam acquisivit sanguine suo.
29. Ego scio quoniam intrabunt post discessionem meam lupi rapaces in vos, non parcentes gregi.
30. Et ex vobisipsis exsurgent viri loquentes perversa, ut abducant discipulos post se.
31. Propter quod vigilate, memoria retinentes quoniam per triennium nocte et die non cessavi, cum lacrimis monens unumquemque vestrum.
32. Et nunc commendo vos Deo, et verbo gratiæ ipsius, qui potens est ædificare, et dare hæreditatem in sanctificatis omnibus.
33. Argentum, et aurum, aut vestem nullius concupivi, sicut
34. ipsi scitis: quoniam ad ea quæ mihi opus erant, et his qui mecum sunt, ministraverunt manus istæ.
35. Omnia ostendi vobis, quoniam sic laborantes, oportet suscipere infirmos ac meminisse verbi Domini Jesu: quoniam ipse dixit: Beatius est magis dare, quam accipere.
36. Et cum hæc dixisset, positis genibus suis oravit cum omnibus illis.
37. Magnus autem fletus factus est omnium: et procumbentes super collum Pauli, osculabantur eum,
38. dolentes maxime in verbo quod dixerat, quoniam amplius faciem ejus non essent visuri. Et deducebant eum ad navem.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1329: What is This Sacrament Called? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1343: The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 861: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 798: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2636: Prayer of Intercession ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 7: Here St. Chrysostom and many other interpreters of the scripture explain, that the Christians even at this time, must have changed the sabbath into the first day of the week, (the Lord's day,) as all Christians now keep it. This change was undoubtedly made by the authority of the church; hence the exercise of the power, which Christ had given to her: for he is Lord of the sabbath.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Tue, May 11, 2027: Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter — First Reading, Acts 20:17-27
- Wed, May 12, 2027: Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter — First Reading, Acts 20:28-38
- Tue, May 30, 2028 (computed): Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter — First Reading, Acts 20:17-27

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).