AC-21:1 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:
AC-21:2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went
aboard, and set forth.
AC-21:3 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.
AC-21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who
said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to
Jerusalem.
AC-21:5 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.
AC-21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took
ship; and they returned home again.
AC-21:7 And when we had finished [our] course from Tyre, we
came to
Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
AC-21:8 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.
AC-21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did
prophesy.
AC-21:10 And as we tarried [there] many days, there came down
from
Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
AC-21:11 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.
AC-21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of
that
place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
AC-21:13 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.
AC-21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying,
The
will of the Lord be done.
AC-21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and
went up
to Jerusalem.
AC-21:16 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.
AC-21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren
received
us gladly.
AC-21:18 And the [day] following Paul went in with us unto
James;
and all the elders were present.
AC-21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly
what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
AC-21:20 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:
AC-21:21 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.
AC-21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come
together: for they will hear that thou art come.
AC-21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men
which have a vow on them;
AC-21:24 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.
AC-21:25 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.
AC-21:26 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.
AC-21:27 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,
AC-21:28 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.
AC-21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city
Trophimus
an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the
temple.)
AC-21:30 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.
AC-21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto
the
chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
AC-21:32 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.
AC-21:33 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.
AC-21:34 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.
AC-21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he
was
borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
AC-21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying,
Away with him.
AC-21:37 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?
AC-21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days
madest
an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men
that were murderers?
AC-21:39 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.
AC-21:40 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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