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Acts of the Apostles

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Chapter 21 (CV)

¹ Now as we came to set out, being pulled away from them, running straight, we came to Coos, yet the next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara.
² And finding a ship ferrying to Phoenicia, stepping on board, we set out.
³ Now, Cyprus looming up, and leaving it on the left, we sailed to Syria, and came down to Tyre, for there the ship was unloading the cargo.
⁴ Now, finding the disciples, we stay there seven days, who said to Paul, through the spirit, not to be stepping on board to Jerusalem.
⁵ Now, when the days came to fit us out, coming away, we went, all sending us forward, together with the wives and children, till outside of the city. And kneeling on the beach, praying,
⁶ we pull away from one another, and stepped into the ship. Yet they return to their own.
⁷ Now we, terminating the voyage, from Tyre descended to Ptolemais, and, greeting the brethren, we remain one day with them.
⁸ Now, on the morrow, coming away, we came to Caesarea, and, entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who is of the seven, we remain with him.
⁹ Now there were four daughters of this man, virgins, prophesying.
¹⁰ Now at our staying on more days, a certain prophet came down from Judea, named Agabus.
¹¹ And coming to us and picking up Paul's girdle, binding his own feet and hands, he said, "Now this the holy spirit is saying, 'The man whose girdle this is, shall the Jews in Jerusalem be binding thus, and they shall be giving him over into the hands of the nations.'"
¹² Now as we hear these things, both we and those in the place entreated him not to go up to Jerusalem.
¹³ Then Paul answered and said, "What are you doing, lamenting and unnerving my heart? For I hold myself in readiness, not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
¹⁴ Now, as he was not persuaded, we are quiet, saying, "Let the will of the Lord be done!"
¹⁵ Now after these days, taking up our baggage, we went up into Jerusalem.
¹⁶ Now disciples from Caesarea, also, came together with us, leading us to Mnason, a certain Cyprian, a disciple from the beginning, with whom we should lodge.
¹⁷ Now at our coming to be in Jerusalem, the brethren welcome us with gratification.
¹⁸ Now by the ensuing day, Paul had been in, together with us, to James. Besides, all the elders came along.
¹⁹ And, greeting them, he unfolded, one by one, each of the things which God does among the nations through his dispensation.
²⁰ Now those who hear glorified God. Besides, they said to him, "You are beholding, brother, how many tens of thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and all are inherently zealous for the law?
²¹ Now they were instructed concerning you that you teach all the Jews among the nations apostasy from Moses, telling them not to be circumcising their children, nor yet to be walking in the customs.
²² What is it, then? Undoubtedly a multitude must come together, for they will hear that you have come.
²³ This, then, which we are saying to you, do. With us are four men having a vow on them.
²⁴ Taking these along, be purified together with them, and bear their expenses, that they should be shaving their heads, and all will know that what they have been instructed concerning you is nothing, but you also are observing the elements and you yourself are maintaining the law.
²⁵ Now concerning those of the nations who have believed, we write an epistle, deciding they are to guard themselves from idol sacrifice, besides from blood also, and what is strangled, and from prostitution."
²⁶ Then Paul, taking the men along on the next day, being purified together with them, had been in the sanctuary, publishing the full completion of the days of purification, till the approach present for each one of them was offered.
²⁷ Now as the seven days were about to be concluding, Jews from the province of Asia, gazing at him in the sanctuary, threw the entire throng into confusion, and laid hands on him,
²⁸ crying, "Men! Israelites! Help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this holy place. Besides, still more, he led Greeks also into the sanctuary, and has contaminated this holy place."
²⁹ For, before this, Trophimus the Ephesian was seen in the city with him, whom they inferred that Paul led into the sanctuary.
³⁰ Besides, stirred was the whole city, and there came to be a running together of the people. And getting hold of Paul, they drew him outside of the sanctuary, and immediately the doors are locked.
³¹ And while they are seeking to kill him, the allegation came up to the captain of the squadron that the whole of Jerusalem is in confusion,
³² who, taking along soldiers and centurions, forthwith ran down to them. Now they, perceiving the captain and the soldiers, cease beating Paul.
³³ Then the captain, drawing near, got hold of him, and orders him to be bound with two chains. And he ascertained who he may be and what he has done.
³⁴ Now they retorted in the throng, some this, others some other thing. Now, at his not being able to know for certain because of the tumult, he orders him to be led into the citadel.
³⁵ Now when he came on the stairs, it befell that he was borne by the soldiers because of the violence of the throng,
³⁶ for the multitude of the people followed, crying "Away with him!"
³⁷ Besides, being about to be led into the citadel, Paul is saying to the captain, "Is it allowed me to say anything to you?" Yet he averred, "Greek you know,
³⁸ consequently you are not the Egyptian who, before these days, raises an insurrection and leads out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins."
³⁹ Yet Paul said, "I, indeed, am a Jewish man, a Tarsian of Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. Now I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people."
⁴⁰ Now at his permitting it, Paul, standing on the stairs, gestures with his hand to the people. Now as there comes to be a vast hush, he shouts to them in the Hebrew vernacular, saying,

Chapter 21 (KJV)

¹ And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
² And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
³ Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
⁴ And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
⁵ And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
⁶ And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
⁷ And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
⁸ And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
⁹ And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
¹⁰ And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
¹¹ And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
¹² And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
¹³ Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
¹⁴ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
¹⁵ And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
¹⁶ There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
¹⁷ And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
¹⁸ And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
¹⁹ And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
²⁰ And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
²¹ And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
²² What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
²³ Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
²⁴ Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
²⁵ As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
²⁶ Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
²⁷ And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
²⁸ Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
²⁹ (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
³⁰ And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
³¹ And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
³² Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
³³ Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
³⁴ And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
³⁵ And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
³⁶ For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
³⁷ And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
³⁸ Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
³⁹ But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
⁴⁰ And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

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