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.”

[2:2]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

[2:3]  ³ tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.

[2:4]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[24:28]  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.

[24:29]  ⁶ tn Grk “urged him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes, “saying”) has not been translated because it is redundant in contemporary English.

[24:29]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ request.

[21:13]  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).

[21:13]  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.