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for there the ship was to unlade her burden. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days: and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and we went on board the ship, but they returned home again.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.</p> <p class="hdg">Philip the Evangelist</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And as we tarried there some days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.</p> <p class="hdg">Paul's Arrival at Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of them that have believed; and they are all zealous for the law: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>What is it therefore? They will certainly hear that thou art come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men that have a vow on them; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>these take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges for them, that they may shave their heads: and all shall know that there is no truth in the things whereof they have been informed concerning thee; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But as touching the Gentiles that have believed, we wrote, giving judgment that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them went into the temple, declaring the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.</p> <p class="hdg">Paul Seized in the Temple</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd: and when he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the castle. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.</p> <p class="hdg">Paul Speaks to the People</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek? <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins? <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/21-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying,</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/acts/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>