In Paul's travels, notice he tries to make time for the feast days. He sailed from Philippi after the Feast of Unleavened Bread and wanted to make it to Jerusalem in time for Pentecost, having only about 45 days to do so once he started the journey. Interestingly, there were many Jews in Jerusalem for that feast who would cause Paul quite a bit of trouble.  And yet, Paul was obedient to the observance of those feast days.

Kind of an amusing story concerning the young man Eutychus, who fell asleep during one of Paul’s long sermons, fell out of a third story window, died, and was revived by Paul. I'm sure each of us could think of a time when we took a little nap during a sermon.

Acts 20:26
Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
This is a great testimony of Paul’s faith in knowing that he is forgiven for persecuting and killing Christians.

He also warned the elders from Ephesus that after he left them. "savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock."
At first this seems as if these "wolves" will do them harm, but that is not necessarily the case. "Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them."
Paul had been telling them of the hardships that followers of Jesus would have to endure. How easy it would be for "wolves" to come into the groups and entice them away from the teachings of Paul. After all what had Paul been telling them about the hardships? These "wolves" could have presented a much softer life. Paul agonized "with tears" over this possibility. Many times we as Believers think that this kind of dedication was only for the people we read about in the Bible. But was it?

Acts 21:8
Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven.
When we read one of the Seven (with a capital S) we thought that perhaps there were only seven remaining apostles living at this time, Philip being one of the Seven. After doing some research, we discovered that most commentaries agree that this Philip was not one of the apostles, but one of the seven deacons. (Acts 6:5)

It is very difficult to read the story of the sad farewell (Acts 20:36-38) and not be moved to tears.

There was some confusion (by us) concerning the Spirit warning Paul about what was to happen to him in Jerusalem. Paul was warned by the Holy Spirit and other people were also warned about what Paul would have to suffer there. After studying further, it seems as if the Holy Spirit was telling the people that Paul would face much suffering in Jerusalem. The people loved Paul and wanted to save him. But the Holy Spirit didn’t tell them to try to stop Paul. Paul was ready to go, face persecution, and death because he knew that was his destiny.

Something for us to ponder.
We may be warned of the danger of taking a certain stand, either by our friends or by the Word of God, or by the Holy Spirit and still it may be our duty to take the stand. Our duty consists in following the will of God, and encountering whatever trials may come our way.