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DASV: Acts 21
1 After parting from them we set sail and sailed a straight
course to Cos. The next day we came to Rhodes, and from
there on to Patara.
2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, so we got aboard
and set sail.
3 When we came within sight of Cyprus, leaving it on our left,
we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for the ship was
to unload her cargo there.
4 After finding the disciples, we stayed there seven days,
and these told Paul through the Spirit that he should not set
foot in Jerusalem.
5 When we had finished our days there, we left and continued
our journey; and all of them with their wives and children
escorted us on our way out of the city. Kneeling down
on the beach, we prayed.
6 We said farewell to each other and then we boarded the ship,
but they returned home.
7 We continued our voyage from Tyre, arriving at Ptolemais;
and we greeted the brothers, and stayed with them for one day.
8 On the next day we left and came to Caesarea. There we
entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one
of the seven. We stayed with him.
9 Now this man had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
10 After staying there for several days, a prophet named
Agabus came down from Judea.
11 He approached us and took Paul's belt, bound his own
hands and feet, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says,
'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man that
owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of
the Gentiles.'"
12 When we heard these things, both we and the people of
that place pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and
breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound,
but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
14 When it was clear he would not be persuaded, we stopped,
saying, "The will of the Lord be done."
15 After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
16 Now some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us.
They brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early
disciple, with whom we were to stay.
17 When we had arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed
us gladly.
18 The next day Paul went in with us to James; and all the
elders were present.
19 When he had greeted them, he rehearsed one by one the
things God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20 When they heard it, they praised God. They said to him,
"You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there
are among the Jews; and they are all zealous for the law.
21 They have been informed about you, that you are teaching
all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses,
telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk
according to our customs.
22 What should we do? They will certainly hear that you
have come.
23 So do what we tell you. We have four men who have made
a vow.
24 Take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay
for them to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that
there is no truth in the rumors that they have been told
concerning you, but that you yourself walk in conformity
with observing the law.
25 But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote,
giving judgment that they should keep themselves from
food sacrificed to idols, from consuming blood, from
the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality."
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purified himself
along with them. He entered the temple, declaring the
completion of the days of purification, at which time
the offering would be offered for each one of them.
27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews
from the province of Asia, when they saw him in the temple,
incited all the crowd and they seized him.
28 They yelled out, "Men of Israel, help! This man teaches
everyone everywhere against our people, the law, and this
place. Furthermore he even brought Greeks into the temple,
and has defiled this holy place."
29 For they previously had seen him in the city with Trophimus
the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought
into the temple.
30 All the city was moved, and the people rushed together.
They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple; and
immediately the doors were shut.
31 While they were attempting to kill him, news reached the
chief officer of the Roman soldiers, that all Jerusalem was
in an uproar.
32 He quickly called out the soldiers and centurions, and ran
down on the crowd. When they saw the chief officer and the
soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33 Then the chief officer approached and arrested him, and
commanded him to be bound with two chains. The officer
inquired who he was, and what he had done.
34 Some of the crowd shouted one thing, some another. When
he could not determine for certain the cause of the uproar,
he commanded Paul to be brought into the barracks.
35 When Paul came to the stairs, because of the violence of
the mob, he had to be carried by the soldiers.
36 The mob that followed them kept shouting, "Away with him."
37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he
said to the chief commander, "May I speak with you?" He asked,
"Do you know Greek?
38 Aren't you the Egyptian, who started a revolt and led
4,000 of these 'Assassins' out into the wilderness?"
39 But Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia,
a citizen of a significant city. Please allow me to speak
to the people."
40 When he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs,
motioning with his hand to the people. When there was a
great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language,
saying,
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