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Acts 21:4

NETBible	After we located¹ the disciples, we stayed there² seven days. They repeatedly told³ Paul through the Spirit⁴ not to set foot⁵ in Jerusalem.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Act 21:4	Finding the disciples there, we stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
NASB © biblegateway Act 21:4	After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.
NLT © biblegateway Act 21:4	We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These disciples prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
MSG © biblegateway Act 21:4	we looked up the local disciples and stayed with them seven days. Their message to Paul, from insight given by the Spirit, was "Don't go to Jerusalem."
BBE © SABDAweb Act 21:4	And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 21:4	We looked up the disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 21:4	And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days. They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
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KJV	And <2532> finding <429> (5631) disciples <3101>_, we tarried <1961> (5656) there <847> seven <2033> days <2250>_: who <3748> said <3004> (5707) to Paul <3972> through <1223> the Spirit <4151>_, that he should <305> (0) not <3361> go up <305> (5721) to <1519> Jerusalem <2419>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 21:4	After looking <429> up the disciples <3101> , we stayed <1961> there <847> seven <2033> days <2250> ; and they kept telling <3004> Paul <3972> through <1223> the Spirit <4151> not to set <1910> foot <1910> in Jerusalem <2414> .
NET [draft] ITL	After <429> we located <429> the disciples <3101> , we stayed <1961> there seven <2033> days <2250> . They repeatedly told <3004> Paul <3972> through <1223> the Spirit <4151> not <3361> to set foot <1910> in <1519> Jerusalem <2414> .
GREEK	aneurontev <429> (5631) V-2AAP-NPM de <1161> CONJ touv <3588> T-APM mayhtav <3101> N-APM epemeinamen <1961> (5656) V-AAI-1P autou <847> ADV hmerav <2250> N-APF epta <2033> A-NUI oitinev <3748> R-NPM tw <3588> T-DSM paulw <3972> N-DSM elegon <3004> (5707) V-IAI-3P dia <1223> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN pneumatov <4151> N-GSN mh <3361> PRT-N epibainein <1910> (5721) V-PAN eiv <1519> PREP ierosoluma <2414> N-ASF

NETBible

After we located¹ the disciples, we stayed there² seven days. They repeatedly told³ Paul through the Spirit⁴ not to set foot⁵ in Jerusalem.⁶

NET Notes

¹tn BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνευρίσκω has “look/search for (w. finding presupposed) τινά…τοὺς μαθητάς Ac 21:4.” The English verb “locate,” when used in reference to persons, has the implication of both looking for and finding someone. The participle ἀνευρόντες (aneuronte") has been taken temporally.

²tn BDAG 154 s.v. αὐτοῦ states, “deictic adv. designating a position relatively near or far…there…Ac 21:4.”

³tn The imperfect verb ἔλεγον (elegon) has been taken iteratively.

⁴sn Although they told this to Paul through the Spirit, it appears Paul had a choice here (see v. 14). Therefore this amounted to a warning: There was risk in going to Jerusalem, so he was urged not to go.

⁵tn BDAG 367 s.v. ἐπιβαίνω places Ac 21:4 under 1, “go up/upon, mount, board…πλοίῳ…Ac 27:2…Abs. go on board, embark…21:1 D, 2. – So perh. also ἐ. εἰς ᾿Ιεροσόλυμα embark for Jerusalem (i.e. to the seaport of Caesarea) vs. 4.” BDAG notes, however, “But this pass. may also belong to 2. to move to an area and be there, set foot in.” Because the message from the disciples to Paul through the Holy Spirit has the character of a warning, the latter meaning has been adopted for this translation.

⁶map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.