21:1 When¹ we² tore ourselves away³ from them, we put out to sea,⁴ and sailing a straight course⁵ we came to Cos;⁶ on the next day to Rhodes,⁷ and from there to Patara.⁸ 21:2 We found⁹ a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,¹⁰ went aboard,¹¹ and put out to sea.¹² 21:3 After we sighted Cyprus¹³ and left it behind on our port side,¹⁴ we sailed on to Syria and put in¹⁵ at Tyre,¹⁶ because the ship was to unload its cargo there. 21:4 After we located¹⁷ the disciples, we stayed there¹⁸ seven days. They repeatedly told¹⁹ Paul through the Spirit²⁰ not to set foot²¹ in Jerusalem. 21:5 When²² our time was over,²³ we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied²⁴ us outside of the city. After²⁵ kneeling down on the beach and praying,²⁶ 21:6 we said farewell²⁷ to one another.²⁸ Then²⁹ we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.³⁰ 21:7 We continued the voyage from Tyre³¹ and arrived at Ptolemais,³² and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day. 21:8 On the next day we left³³ and came to Caesarea,³⁴ and entered³⁵ the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven,³⁶ and stayed with him. 21:9 (He had four unmarried³⁷ daughters who prophesied.)³⁸

21:10 While we remained there for a number of days,³⁹ a prophet named Agabus⁴⁰ came down from Judea. 21:11 He came⁴¹ to us, took⁴² Paul’s belt,⁴³ tied⁴⁴ his own hands and feet with it,⁴⁵ and said, “The Holy Spirit says this: ‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over⁴⁶ to the Gentiles.’” 21:12 When we heard this, both we and the local people⁴⁷ begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 21:13 Then Paul replied,⁴⁸ “What are you doing, weeping and breaking⁴⁹ my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up,⁵⁰ but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 21:14 Because he could not be persuaded,⁵¹ we said no more except,⁵² “The Lord’s will be done.”⁵³

21:15 After these days we got ready⁵⁴ and started up⁵⁵ to Jerusalem. 21:16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea⁵⁶ came along with us too, and brought us to the house⁵⁷ of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times,⁵⁸ with whom we were to stay. 21:17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.⁵⁹ 21:18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.⁶⁰ 21:19 When Paul⁶¹ had greeted them, he began to explain⁶² in detail⁶³ what God⁶⁴ had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 21:20 When they heard this, they praised⁶⁵ God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews⁶⁶ there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers⁶⁷ of the law.⁶⁸ 21:21 They have been informed about you—that you teach all the Jews now living⁶⁹ among the Gentiles to abandon⁷⁰ Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children⁷¹ or live⁷² according to our customs. 21:22 What then should we do? They will no doubt⁷³ hear that you have come. 21:23 So do what⁷⁴ we tell you: we have four men⁷⁵ who have taken⁷⁶ a vow;⁷⁷ 21:24 take them and purify⁷⁸ yourself along with them and pay their expenses,⁷⁹ so that they may have their heads shaved.⁸⁰ Then⁸¹ everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told⁸² about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with⁸³ the law.⁸⁴ 21:25 But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided⁸⁵ that they should avoid⁸⁶ meat that has been sacrificed to idols⁸⁷ and blood and what has been strangled⁸⁸ and sexual immorality.” 21:26 Then Paul took the men the next day,⁸⁹ and after he had purified himself⁹⁰ along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice⁹¹ of the completion of the days of purification,⁹² when⁹³ the sacrifice would be offered for each⁹⁴ of them. 21:27 When the seven days were almost over,⁹⁵ the Jews from Asia⁹⁶ who had seen him in the temple area⁹⁷ stirred up the whole crowd⁹⁸ and seized⁹⁹ him, 21:28 shouting, “Israelite men, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law,¹⁰⁰ and this sanctuary!¹⁰¹ Furthermore¹⁰² he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple¹⁰³ and made this holy place ritually unclean!”¹⁰⁴ 21:29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and¹⁰⁵ they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)¹⁰⁶ 21:30 The whole city was stirred up,¹⁰⁷ and the people rushed together.¹⁰⁸ They seized¹⁰⁹ Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts,¹¹⁰ and immediately the doors were shut. 21:31 While they were trying¹¹¹ to kill him, a report¹¹² was sent up¹¹³ to the commanding officer¹¹⁴ of the cohort¹¹⁵ that all Jerusalem was in confusion.¹¹⁶ 21:32 He¹¹⁷ immediately took¹¹⁸ soldiers and centurions¹¹⁹ and ran down to the crowd.¹²⁰ When they saw¹²¹ the commanding officer¹²² and the soldiers, they stopped beating¹²³ Paul. 21:33 Then the commanding officer¹²⁴ came up and arrested¹²⁵ him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains;¹²⁶ he¹²⁷ then asked who he was and what¹²⁸ he had done. 21:34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else;¹²⁹ and when the commanding officer¹³⁰ was unable¹³¹ to find out the truth¹³² because of the disturbance,¹³³ he ordered Paul¹³⁴ to be brought into the barracks.¹³⁵ 21:35 When he came to the steps, Paul¹³⁶ had to be carried¹³⁷ by the soldiers because of the violence¹³⁸ of the mob, 21:36 for a crowd of people¹³⁹ followed them,¹⁴⁰ screaming, “Away with him!” 21:37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks,¹⁴¹ he said¹⁴² to the commanding officer,¹⁴³ “May I say¹⁴⁴ something to you?” The officer¹⁴⁵ replied,¹⁴⁶ “Do you know Greek?¹⁴⁷ 21:38 Then you’re not that Egyptian who started a rebellion¹⁴⁸ and led the four thousand men of the ‘Assassins’¹⁴⁹ into the wilderness¹⁵⁰ some time ago?”¹⁵¹ 21:39 Paul answered,¹⁵² “I am a Jew¹⁵³ from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city.¹⁵⁴ Please¹⁵⁵ allow me to speak to the people.” 21:40 When the commanding officer¹⁵⁶ had given him permission,¹⁵⁷ Paul stood¹⁵⁸ on the steps and gestured¹⁵⁹ to the people with his hand. When they had become silent,¹⁶⁰ he addressed¹⁶¹ them in Aramaic,¹⁶²