Acts 21:1–18

Paul Sails from Miletus

¹When ^awe had parted from them and had set sail, we ran ^ba straight course to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara;

²and having found a ship crossing over to ^aPhoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

³When we came in sight of ^aCyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to ^bSyria and landed at ^cTyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

⁴After looking up ^athe disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul ^1bthrough the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

⁵When ¹our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, ^aescorted us until we were out of the city. After ^bkneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

⁶Then we went on board the ship, and they returned ^ahome again.

⁷When we had finished the voyage from ^aTyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and after greeting ^bthe brethren, we stayed with them for a day.

⁸On the next day we left and came to ^aCaesarea, and entering the house of ^bPhilip the ^cevangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.

⁹Now this man had four virgin daughters who were ^aprophetesses.

¹⁰As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named ^aAgabus came down from Judea.

¹¹And coming to us, he ^atook Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, “This ^bis what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will ^cbind the man who owns this belt and ^ddeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ”

¹²When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him ^anot to go up to Jerusalem.

¹³Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For ^aI am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for ^bthe name of the Lord Jesus.”

¹⁴And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, “^aThe will of the Lord be done!”

Paul at Jerusalem

¹⁵After these days we got ready and ^astarted on our way up to Jerusalem.

¹⁶Some of ^athe disciples from ^bCaesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of ^cCyprus, a ^ddisciple of long standing with whom we were to lodge.

¹⁷After we arrived in Jerusalem, ^athe brethren received us gladly.

¹⁸And the following day Paul went in with us to ^1aJames, and all ^bthe elders were present.