ACTS 21 1-25

         WeekLy BooK oF Acts 

21:1 - And when we had parted from Miletus and the Ephesians who met us there, and set sail, we went by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from Rhodes to Patara. 2 We found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, got aboard and we set sail. 3 We could see Cyprus in the distance to our left as we sailed to Syria, where we landed at Tyre, for it was there the ship was to unload its cargo. 4 And so we looked up the disciples there, and stayed for seven days. And through the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem. 5 When the week was over, we made ready to depart, and they all, the men, women and children, accompanied us out of the city. And kneeling down on the sand at the shore, we prayed 6 and then we said farewell to one another. We went on board the ship, and they returned home.

     7 Then from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day. 8 The next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we went to the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven (worked with Stephen) and we stayed with him. 9 He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied. 10 And after we’d been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11 And while there, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is how the leaders at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the nations.’” 12 When we heard this, we and the people there urged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 But Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am in readiness not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem ..for the name of the Lord Jesus!” 14 And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”

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

     17 When we got to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. 18 On the following day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there. 19 After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his work. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified God. And then, they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews (Hebrews) of those who have believed. But they’re all zealous for the law, 21 and they’ve been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or walk according to our customs. 22 What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you’ve come. 23 Take our advice. There are four of them who are under a vow. 24 Go with these men and sanctify yourself along with them and bear expense with, and so shave your head (to show the vow). This will show them there’s nothing in what they’ve been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law. 25 But - as for the Gentiles - who have believed, we have sent a letter to them with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

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