Acts 21:1-10
1 After a we tore ourselves away from them and set sail, we came by a direct route to Cos, the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. 2 Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded and set sail. 3After we sighted Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we sailed on to Syria and arrived at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there. 4 So we found some disciples and stayed there seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem. b 5 When our days there were over, we left to continue our journey, while all of them, with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray, 6we said good-bye to one another. Then we boarded the ship, and they returned home. 7When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the ▼▼brother(s): The Greek word adelphoi can be used as a reference to males only or to groups that include males and females. It is the context of each usage that determines the proper meaning.
brothers and stayed with them one day. d 8 The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip e the evangelist f who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him. 9 This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. g 10While we were staying there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
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