| Chapter 21
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| 1 | And it came
to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a
straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence
unto Patara: |
| 2 | And
finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. |
| 3 | Now when we had discovered
Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre:
for there the ship was to unlade her burden. |
| 4 | And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who
said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. |
| 5 | And when we had
accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us
on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we
kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. |
| 6 | And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took
ship; and they returned home again. |
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7 | And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to
Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. |
| 8 | And the next day we that were of
Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house
of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. |
| 9 | And the same man had four
daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. |
| 10 | And as we tarried there many days, there came down from
Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. |
| 11 | And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle,
and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall
the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver
him into the hands of the Gentiles. |
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12 | And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place,
besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. |
| 13 | Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break
mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem
for the name of the Lord Jesus. |
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14 | And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will
of the Lord be done. |
| 15 |
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. |
| 16 | There went with us also
certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of
Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. |
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17 | And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren
received us gladly. |
| 18 |
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were
present. |
| 19 | And when he
had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among
the Gentiles by his ministry. |
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| And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him,
Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and
they are all zealous of the law: |
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21 | And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews
which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to
circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. |
| 22 | What is it therefore? the multitude
must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. |
| 23 | Do therefore this that we say to
thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; |
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24 | Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at
charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those
things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou
thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. |
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25 | As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have
written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep
themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled,
and from fornication. |
| 26 |
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered
into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification,
until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. |
| 27 | And when the seven days were
almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple,
stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, |
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28 | Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man,
that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this
place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this
holy place. |
| 29 | (For they
had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed
that Paul had brought into the temple.) |
| 30 | And all the city was moved, and the people ran
together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the
doors were shut. |
| 31 | And
as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the
band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. |
| 32 | Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran
down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left
beating of Paul. |
| 33 | Then
the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with
two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. |
| 34 | And some cried one thing, some
another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the
tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. |
| 35 | And when he came upon the stairs, so
it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. |
| 36 | For the multitude of the
people followed after, crying, Away with him. |
| 37 | And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto
the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? |
| 38 | Art not thou that
Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the
wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? |
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39 | But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of
Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee,
suffer me to speak unto the people. |
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40 | And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and
beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great
silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, |
