18. And when they had come to him, he said to them, “You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, how I was with you all the time,
19. serving the Master with all humility, with many tears and trials which befell me by the plotting of the Yehuḏim,
20. as I kept back no matter that was profitable, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,
21. witnessing to Yehuḏim, and also to Greeks: repentance toward Elohim and belief in our Master יהושע Messiah.
22. “And now see, I go bound in the spirit to Yerushalayim, not knowing what is going to meet me there,
23. except that the Set-apart Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that chains and pressures await me.
24. “But I do not count my life of any value to me, so that I might accomplish my mission with joy, and the service which I received from the Master יהושע, to bear witness to the Good News of the favour of Elohim.
25. “And now see, I know that you all, among whom I went about proclaiming the reign of Elohim, shall see my face no more.
26. “Therefore I witness to you this day that I am clear from the blood of all.
27. “For I kept not back from declaring to you all the counsel of Elohim.