2 Kings 2:2-6

2:2 Elijah told Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” 1  But Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. 2:3 Some members of the prophetic guild 2  in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” 3  He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2:4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” 4  But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho. 2:5 Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2:6 Elijah said to him, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they traveled on together.

Luke 24:28-29

24:28 So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther, 5  24:29 but they urged him, 6  “Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So 7  he went in to stay with them.

Acts 21:13

21:13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking 8  my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, 9  but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

1 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

2 tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

3 tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.

4 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

5 sn He acted as though he wanted to go farther. This is written in a way that gives the impression Jesus knew they would ask him to stay.

6 tn Grk “urged him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes, “saying”) has not been translated because it is redundant in contemporary English.

7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ request.

8 tn The term translated “breaking” as used by Josephus (Ant. 10.10.4 [10.207]) means to break something into pieces, but in its only NT use (it is a hapax legomenon) it is used figuratively (BDAG 972 s.v. συνθρύπτω).

9 tn L&N 18.13 has “to tie objects together – ‘to tie, to tie together, to tie up.’” The verb δέω (dew) is sometimes figurative for imprisonment (L&N 37.114), but it is preferable to translate it literally here in light of v. 11 where Agabus tied himself up with Paul’s belt.