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Text -- Acts 21:1-23 (NET)
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Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem
21:1 After we tore ourselves away from them , we put out to sea , and sailing a straight course , we came to Cos , on the next day to Rhodes , and from there to Patara .
21:2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia , went aboard , and put out to sea .
21:3 After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side , we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre , because the ship was to unload its cargo there .
21:4 After we located the disciples , we stayed there seven days . They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem .
21:5 When our time was over , we left and went on our way . All of them, with their wives and children , accompanied us outside of the city . After kneeling down on the beach and praying ,
21:6 we said farewell to one another . Then we went aboard the ship , and they returned to their own homes .
21:7 We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais , and when we had greeted the brothers , we stayed with them for one day .
21:8 On the next day we left and came to Caesarea , and entered the house of Philip the evangelist , who was one of the seven , and stayed with him .
21:9 (He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied .)
21:10 While we remained there for a number of days , a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea .
21:11 He came to us , took Paul’s belt , tied his own hands and feet with it, and said , “The Holy Spirit says this : ‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is , and will hand him over to the Gentiles .’”
21:12 When we heard this , both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem .
21:13 Then Paul replied , “What are you doing , weeping and breaking my heart ? For I am ready not only to be tied up , but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus .”
21:14 Because he could not be persuaded , we said no more except , “The Lord’s will be done .”
21:15 After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem .
21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus , a disciple from the earliest times , with whom we were to stay .
21:17 When we arrived in Jerusalem , the brothers welcomed us gladly .
21:18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James , and all the elders were there .
21:19 When Paul had greeted them , he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry .
21:20 When they heard this, they praised God . Then they said to him , “You see , brother , how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed , and they are all ardent observers of the law .
21:21 They have been informed about you – that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses , telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs .
21:22 What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come .
21:23 So do what we tell you : We have four men who have taken a vow ;
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Luke |
LYCIA |
Synagogue |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
Paul |
Tyre |
John |
Prudence |
APOSTOLIC AGE |
Patara |
Rashness |
Cyprus |
Agabus |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Disobedience to God |
Opinion, Public |
Minister |
James |
Mnason |
Caesarea |
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NET Notes -> Act 21:1; Act 21:1; Act 21:1; Act 21:1; Act 21:1; Act 21:1; Act 21:1; Act 21:1; Act 21:2; Act 21:2; Act 21:2; Act 21:2; Act 21:3; Act 21:3; Act 21:3; Act 21:3; Act 21:3; Act 21:4; Act 21:4; Act 21:4; Act 21:4; Act 21:4; Act 21:4; Act 21:5; Act 21:5; Act 21:5; Act 21:5; Act 21:5; Act 21:6; Act 21:6; Act 21:6; Act 21:6; Act 21:7; Act 21:7; Act 21:8; Act 21:8; Act 21:8; Act 21:8; Act 21:8; Act 21:9; Act 21:9; Act 21:10; Act 21:10; Act 21:11; Act 21:11; Act 21:11; Act 21:11; Act 21:11; Act 21:11; Act 21:11; Act 21:12; Act 21:13; Act 21:13; Act 21:14; Act 21:14; Act 21:14; Act 21:15; Act 21:15; Act 21:15; Act 21:16; Act 21:16; Act 21:16; Act 21:16; Act 21:17; Act 21:18; Act 21:18; Act 21:19; Act 21:19; Act 21:19; Act 21:19; Act 21:20; Act 21:20; Act 21:20; Act 21:20; Act 21:20; Act 21:21; Act 21:21; Act 21:21; Act 21:21; Act 21:21; Act 21:22; Act 21:23; Act 21:23; Act 21:23; Act 21:23
NET Notes: Act 21:1 Patara was a city in Lycia on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor. The entire journey was about 185 mi (295 km).
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NET Notes: Act 21:4 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Act 21:7 Ptolemais was a seaport on the coast of Palestine about 30 mi (48 km) south of Tyre.
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NET Notes: Act 21:8 Philip was one of the seven deacons appointed in the Jerusalem church (Acts 6:1-7).
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NET Notes: Act 21:9 This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Luke again noted women who were gifted in the early church (see Eusebius, Ecclesiastical His...
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NET Notes: Act 21:10 Agabus also appeared in Acts 11:28. He was from Jerusalem, so the two churches were still in contact with one another.
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NET Notes: Act 21:11 The Jews…will tie up…and will hand him over. As later events will show, the Jews in Jerusalem did not personally tie Paul up and hand him ...
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NET Notes: Act 21:13 L&N 18.13 has “to tie objects together – ‘to tie, to tie together, to tie up.’” The verb δέω (dew) is...
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NET Notes: Act 21:14 “The Lord’s will be done.” Since no one knew exactly what would happen, the matter was left in the Lord’s hands.
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NET Notes: Act 21:15 In colloquial speech Jerusalem was always said to be “up” from any other location in Palestine. The group probably covered the 65 mi (105 ...
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NET Notes: Act 21:16 Or perhaps, “Mnason of Cyprus, one of the original disciples.” BDAG 137 s.v. ἀρχαῖος 1 has “...
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NET Notes: Act 21:18 All the elders were there. This meeting shows how the Jerusalem church still regarded Paul and his mission with favor, but also with some concerns bec...
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NET Notes: Act 21:20 That is, the law of Moses. These Jewish Christians had remained close to their Jewish practices after becoming believers (1 Cor 7:18-19; Acts 16:3).
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NET Notes: Act 21:22 L&N 71.16 has “pertaining to being in every respect certain – ‘certainly, really, doubtless, no doubt.’…‘they ...
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