Acts 21: On To Jerusalem

Acts 21 New International Version (NIV)
On to Jerusalem
21 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and
sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to
Patara. 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set
sail. 3 After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to
Syria. We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4 We
sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through
the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.5 When it was time to
leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and
children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to
pray. 6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and
they returned home.
7We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we
greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day.8 Leaving
the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the
evangelist, one of the Seven. 9 He had four unmarried daughters who
prophesied.
10After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabuscame
down from Judea. 11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own
hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish
leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over
to the Gentiles.’”
12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go
up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking
my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for
the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave
up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
15After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem. 16 Some of the disciples
from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason,
where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early
disciples.
Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem
When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters received us
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warmly. 18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James, and all
the elders were present. 19 Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God
had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see,
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brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are
zealous for the law. 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews
who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses,telling them not to
circumcise their children or live according to our customs. 22 What shall we
do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23 so do what we tell you.
There are four men with us who have made a vow. 24 Take these men, join in
their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their
heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports
about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25 As for
the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should
abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled
animals and from sexual immorality.”
The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then
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he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of
purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.
Paul Arrested
When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of
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Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized
him, 28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches
everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And
besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy
place.” 29 (They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with
Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all
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directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately
the gates were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the
commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an
uproar. 32 He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the
crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped
beating Paul.
The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be

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bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had
done. 34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since
the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered
that Paul be taken into the barracks. 35 When Paul reached the steps, the
violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36 The
crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”
Paul Speaks to the Crowd

As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the
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commander, “May I say something to you?”
“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a
revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wildernesssome time
ago?”
39Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary
city. Please let me speak to the people.”
After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and
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motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in
Aramaic[a]:

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The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be

Paul Speaks to the Crowd

commander, “May I say something to you?”

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