When awe had parted
from them and had set
sail
, we ran
ba straight
course
to Cos
and the next
day to Rhodes
and from there
to Patara
;
and having found a ship
crossing
over
to aPhoenicia
, we went
aboard
and set
sail
.
When we came in sight
of aCyprus
, leaving
it on the left
, we kept sailing
to bSyria
and landed
at cTyre
; for there
the ship
was to unload
its cargo
.
After looking up athe disciples
, we stayed
there
seven
days
; and they kept telling
Paul
1 bthrough
the Spirit
not to set
foot
in Jerusalem
.
When 1our days
there were ended
, we left
and started
on our journey
, while they all
, with wives
and children
, aescorted
us until
we were out of the city
. After bkneeling
down
on the beach
and praying
, we said
farewell
to one
another
.
Then we went
on board
the ship
, and they returned
ahome
again.
When we had finished the voyage
from aTyre
, we arrived
at Ptolemais
, and after greeting
bthe brethren
, we stayed
with them for a day
.
On the next day
we left
and came
to aCaesarea
, and entering
the house
of bPhilip
the cevangelist
, who was bone of the seven
, we stayed
with him.
Now this
man
had
four
virgin
daughters
who were aprophetesses
.
As we were staying there for some
days
, a prophet
named
aAgabus
came
down
from Judea
.
And coming to us, he atook
Paul's
belt
and bound
his own
feet
and hands
, and said
, "This
bis what
the Holy
Spirit
says
: `In this
way
the Jews
at Jerusalem
will cbind
the man
who
owns
this
belt
and ddeliver
him into the hands
of the Gentiles
.' "
When we had heard
this
, we as well
as the local
residents
began begging
him anot to go
up to Jerusalem
.
Then Paul
answered
, "What
are you doing
, weeping
and breaking
my heart
? For aI am
ready
not only
to be bound
, but even
to die
at Jerusalem
for bthe name
of the Lord
Jesus
."
And since he would not be persuaded, we fell
silent
, remarking
, " aThe will
of the Lord
be done
!"
After these
days
we got
ready
and astarted
on our way
up to Jerusalem
.
Some of athe disciples from bCaesarea
also
came
with us, taking
us to Mnason
of cCyprus
, a ddisciple
of long
standing
with whom
we were to lodge
.
After we arrived
in Jerusalem
, athe brethren
received
us gladly
.
And the following day Paul
went
in with us to 1 aJames
, and all
bthe elders
were present
.
After he had greeted them, he abegan to relate
one
by one
the things which
God
had done
among
the Gentiles
through
his bministry
.
And when they heard it they began aglorifying
God
; and they said
to him, "You see
, brother
, how
many
1thousands
there are among
the Jews
of those
who have believed
, and they are all
bzealous
for the Law
;
and they have been told about
you, that you are ateaching
all
the Jews
who are among
the Gentiles
to forsake
Moses
, telling
them bnot to circumcise
their children
nor
to 1walk
according to cthe customs
.
"What, then
, is to be done? They will certainly
hear
that you have come
.
"Therefore do
this
that we tell
you. We have four
men
who 1 aare under
a vow
;
take them and apurify
yourself along
with them, and 1pay
their expenses
so
that they may bshave
their 2heads
; and all
will know
that there is nothing
to the things which
they have been told
about
you, but that you yourself
also
walk
orderly
, keeping
the Law
.
"But concerning the Gentiles
who have believed
, we wrote
, ahaving decided
that they should abstain
from 1meat
sacrificed
to idols
and from blood
and from what is strangled
and from fornication
."
Then Paul
1took
the men
, and the next
day
, apurifying
himself along
with them, bwent
into the temple
giving
notice
of the completion
of the days
of purification
, until
the sacrifice
was offered
for each
one
of them.
When athe seven
days
were almost
over
, bthe Jews
from 1 cAsia
, upon seeing
him in the temple
, began to stir
up all
the crowd
and laid
hands
on him,
crying out, "Men
of Israel
, come
to our aid
! aThis
is the man
who preaches
to all
men
everywhere
against
our people
and the Law
and this
place
; and besides
he has even
brought
Greeks
into the temple
and has bdefiled
this
holy
place
."
For they had previously seen
aTrophimus
the bEphesian
in the city
with him, and they supposed
that Paul
had brought
him into the temple
.
Then all
the city
was provoked
, and 1the people
rushed
together
, and taking
hold
of Paul
they adragged
him out of the temple
, and immediately
the doors
were shut
.
While they were seeking to kill
him, a report
came
up to the 1commander
of the aRoman 2cohort
that all
Jerusalem
was in confusion
.
At once he atook
along
some soldiers
and centurions
and ran
down
to them; and when they saw
the 1commander
and the soldiers
, they stopped
beating
Paul
.
Then the 1commander
came
up and took
hold
of him, and ordered
him to be abound
with btwo
chains
; and he began asking
who
he was and what
he had done
.
But among the crowd
asome
were shouting
one thing and some
another
, and when he could
not find
out the 1facts
because
of the uproar
, he ordered
him to be brought
into bthe barracks
.
When he got
to athe stairs
, he was carried
by the soldiers
because
of the violence
of the 1mob
;
for the multitude of the people
kept following
them, shouting
, " aAway
with him!"
As Paul was about
to be brought
into athe barracks
, he said
to the 1commander
, "May
I say
something
to you?" And he *said
, "Do you know
Greek
?
"Then you are not athe Egyptian
who some
1time
ago
stirred
up a revolt
and led
the four
thousand
men
of the Assassins
out binto the wilderness
?"
But Paul said
, " aI am
a Jew
of Tarsus
in bCilicia
, a citizen
of no
insignificant
city
; and I beg
you, allow
me to speak
to the people
."
When he had given him permission
, Paul
, standing
on athe stairs
, bmotioned
to the people
with his hand
; and when there 1was a great
hush
, he spoke
to them in the 2 cHebrew
dialect
, saying
,