21:15 After these days we got ready 1 and started up 2 to Jerusalem. 21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea 3 came along with us too, and brought us to the house 4 of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, 5 with whom we were to stay. 21:17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly. 6
1 tn Or “we made preparations.”
2 tn Grk “were going up”; the imperfect verb ἀνεβαίνομεν (anebainomen) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
3 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
4 tn Grk “to Mnason…”; the words “the house of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the verb ξενισθῶμεν (xenisqwmen).
5 tn Or perhaps, “Mnason of Cyprus, one of the original disciples.” BDAG 137 s.v. ἀρχαῖος 1 has “ἀ. μαθητής a disciple of long standing (perh. original disc.) Ac 21:16.”
5 tn Or “warmly” (see BDAG 144 s.v. ἀσμένως).