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Paul
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Acts 21:1
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When we had parted from them and had set sail,
we ran a straight course to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara;
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Acts 21:2
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and having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,
we went aboard and set sail. |
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Acts 21:3
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When we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it
on the left, we kept sailing to Syria and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was
to unload its cargo. |
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Acts 21:4
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After looking up the disciples, we stayed there
seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. |
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Acts 21:5
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When our days there were ended, we left and
started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until
we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said
farewell to one another. |
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Acts 21:6
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Then we went on board the ship, and they returned
home again. |
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Acts 21:7
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When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we
arrived at Ptolemais, and after greeting the brethren, we stayed with them for
a day. |
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Acts 21:8
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On the next day we left and came to Caesarea,
and entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we
stayed with him. |
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Acts 21:9
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Now this man had four virgin daughters who were
prophetesses. |
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Acts 21:10
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As we were staying there for some days, a prophet
named Agabus came down from Judea. |
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Acts 21:11
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And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound
his own feet and hands, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this
way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him
into the hands of the Gentiles.'" |
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Acts 21:12
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When we had heard this, we as well as the local
residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem. |
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Acts 21:13
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Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping
and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at
Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." |
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Acts 21:14
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And since he would not be persuaded, we fell
silent, remarking, "The will of the Lord be done!" |
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Paul at Jerusalem |
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Acts 21:15
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After these days we got ready and started on
our way up to Jerusalem. |
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Acts 21:16
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Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came
with us, taking us to Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of long standing with whom
we were to lodge. |
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Acts 21:17
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After we arrived in Jerusalem, the brethren
received us gladly. |
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Acts 21:18
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And the following day Paul went in with us to
James, and all the elders were present. |
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Acts 21:19
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After he had greeted them, he began to relate
one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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Acts 21:20
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And when they heard it they began glorifying
God; and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among
the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law; |
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Acts 21:21
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and they have been told about you, that you
are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling
them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. |
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Acts 21:22
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"What, then, is to be done? They will certainly
hear that you have come. |
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Acts 21:23
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"Therefore do this that we tell you. We have
four men who are under a vow; |
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Acts 21:24
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take them and purify yourself along with them,
and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that
there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you
yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law. |
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Acts 21:25
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"But concerning the Gentiles who have believed,
we wrote, having decided that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols
and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication." |
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Acts 21:26
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Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purifying
himself along with them, went into the temple giving notice of the completion
of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them. |
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Paul Seized in the Temple |
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Acts 21:27
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When the seven days were almost over, the Jews
from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid
hands on him, |
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Acts 21:28
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crying out, "Men of Israel, come to our aid!
This is the man who preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the
Law and this place; and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and
has defiled this holy place." |
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Acts 21:29
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For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian
in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. |
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Acts 21:30
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Then all the city was provoked, and the people
rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and
immediately the doors were shut. |
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Acts 21:31
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While they were seeking to kill him, a report
came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
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Acts 21:32
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At once he took along some soldiers and centurions
and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped
beating Paul. |
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Acts 21:33
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Then the commander came up and took hold of
him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was
and what he had done. |
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Acts 21:34
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But among the crowd some were shouting one thing
and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar,
he ordered him to be brought into the barracks. |
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Acts 21:35
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When he got to the stairs, he was carried by
the soldiers because of the violence of the mob; |
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Acts 21:36
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for the multitude of the people kept following
them, shouting, "Away with him!" |
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Acts 21:37
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As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks,
he said to the commander, "May I say something to you?" And he *said,
"Do you know Greek? |
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Acts 21:38
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"Then you are not the Egyptian who some time
ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into
the wilderness?" |
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Acts 21:39
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But Paul said, "I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia,
a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."
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Acts 21:40
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When he had given him permission, Paul, standing
on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great
hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying, |
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