Acts 21:1–18

¹And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara, ²and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed, ³and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading. ⁴And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem; ⁵but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees upon the shore, we prayed, ⁶and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends. ⁷And we, having finished the course, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them.

⁸And on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Caesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist—who is of the seven—we remained with him, ⁹and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying. ¹⁰And we remaining many more days, there came down a certain one from Judea, a prophet, by name Agabus, ¹¹and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, ‘Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle—so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver him up to the hands of nations.’ ¹²And when we heard these things, we called upon him—both we, and those of that place—not to go up to Jerusalem, ¹³and Paul answered, ‘What do ye—weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;’ ¹⁴and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, ‘The will of the Lord be done.’

¹⁵And after these days, having taken our vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem, ¹⁶and there went also of the disciples from Caesarea with us, bringing with them him with whom we may lodge, a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an aged disciple. ¹⁷And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren did gladly receive us, ¹⁸and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,