Act 21:1-16 | ESV | STEP | And when we had parted from them and set sail , we came by a straight course to Cos , and the next day to Rhodes , and from there to Patara .

s[See ver. 12 above]

t ch. 20:24; Rom. 8:36; 2 Cor. 4:16; 12:10; Phil. 2:17; [ch. 15:26]

Acts 21:1-16

Paul Goes to Jerusalem

1 And when ^awe had parted from them and set sail, we ^bcame by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add and Myra} 2 And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. 3 When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo. 4 And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. And ^dthrough the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5 When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, ^eaccompanied us until we were outside the city. And ^fkneeling down on the beach, we prayed 6 and said farewell to one another. Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.

7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted ^gthe brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verse 17} and stayed with them for one day. 8 On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of ⁱPhilip ^jthe evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. 9 He had four unmarried daughters, ^kwho prophesied. 10 While we were staying for many days, a prophet named ^lAgabus came down from Judea. 11 And coming to us, he ^mtook Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, ⁿ“Thus says the Holy Spirit, ^o‘This is how the Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time} at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and ^qdeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” 12 When we heard this, we and the people there ^rurged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, ^s“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For ^tI am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem ^ufor the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14 And since he would not be persuaded, ^vwe ceased and said, ^w“Let the will of the Lord be done.”

15 After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem. 16 And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.