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Acts 21

Paul Sails from Miletus

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Wheng5613  awe had partedg645 from them and had setg321 sailg321, we rang2113  ba straightg2113 courseg2113 to Cosg2972 and the nextg1836 day to Rhodesg4499 and from thereg2547 to Patarag3959;

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and having foundg2147 a shipg4143 crossingg1276 overg1276 to  aPhoeniciag5403, we wentg1910 aboardg1910 and setg321 sailg321.

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When we cameg398 in sightg398 of  aCyprusg2954, leavingg2641 it on the leftg2176, we kept sailingg4126 to  bSyriag4947 and landedg2718 at  cTyreg5184; for thereg1566 the shipg4143 was to unloadg670 its cargog1117.

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After lookingg429 up  athe disciplesg3101, we stayedg1961 thereg847 seveng2033 daysg2250; and they kept tellingg3004 Paulg3972  1 bthroughg1223 the Spiritg4151 not to setg1910 footg1910 in Jerusalemg2414.

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Wheng3753  1our daysg2250 there were endedg1822, we leftg1831 and startedg4198 on our journeyg4311, while they allg3956, with wivesg1135 and childreng5043,  aescortedg4311 us untilg2193 we were out of the cityg4172. After  bkneelingg1119g5087 downg5087g1119 on the beachg123 and prayingg4336, we saidg537b farewellg537b to oneg240 anotherg240.

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Theng2532 we wentg1684 on boardg1684 the shipg4143, and they returnedg5290  ahomeg2398 again.

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When we had finishedg1274 the voyageg4144 from  aTyreg5184, we arrivedg2658 at Ptolemaisg4424, and after greetingg782  bthe brethreng80, we stayedg3306 with them for a dayg2250.

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On the nextg1887 dayg1887 we leftg1831 and cameg2064 to  aCaesareag2542, and enteringg1525 the houseg3624 of  bPhilipg5376 the  cevangelistg2099, who was  bone of the seveng2033, we stayedg3306 with him.

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Nowg1161 thisg3778 mang3778 hadg1510 fourg5064 virging3933 daughtersg2364 who were  aprophetessesg4395.

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As we were stayingg1961 there for someg4183 daysg2250, a prophetg4396 namedg3686  aAgabusg13 cameg2718 downg2718 from Judeag2453.

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And comingg2064 to us, he  atookg142 Paul'sg3972 beltg2223 and boundg1210 his owng1438 feetg4228 and handsg5495, and saidg3004, "Thisg3592  bis whatg3592 the Holyg40 Spiritg4151 saysg3004: `In thisg3779 wayg3779 the Jewsg2453 at Jerusalemg2419 will  cbindg1210 the mang435 whog3739 ownsg1510 thisg3778 beltg2223 and  ddeliverg3860 him into the handsg5495 of the Gentilesg1484.' "

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Wheng5613 we had heardg191 thisg3778, we as wellg5037 as the localg1786 residentsg1786 began beggingg3870 him  anot to gog305 up to Jerusalemg2419.

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Theng5119 Paulg3972 answeredg611, "Whatg5101 are you doingg4160, weepingg2799 and breakingg4919 my heartg2588? For  aI amg2192 readyg2093 not onlyg3440 to be boundg1210, but eveng2532 to dieg599 at Jerusalemg2419 for  bthe nameg3686 of the Lordg2962 Jesusg2424."

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And since he would not be persuadedg3982, we fellg2270 silentg2270, remarkingg3004, " aThe willg2307 of the Lordg2962 be doneg1096!"

Paul at Jerusalem

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Afterg3326 theseg3778 daysg2250 we gotg1980b readyg1980b and  astartedg305 on our wayg305 up to Jerusalemg2414.

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Some of  athe disciplesg3101 from  bCaesareag2542 alsog2532 cameg4905 with us, takingg71 us to Mnasong3416 of  cCyprusg2953, a  ddiscipleg3101 of longg744 standingg744 with whomg3739 we were to lodgeg3579.

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Afterg1161 we arrivedg1096 in Jerusalemg2414,  athe brethreng80 receivedg588 us gladlyg780.

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And the followingg1897a day Paulg3972 wentg1524 in with us to  1 aJamesg2385, and allg3956  bthe eldersg4245 were presentg3854.

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After he had greetedg782 them, he  abegan to relateg1834 oneg1520 by oneg1520 the things whichg3739 Godg2316 had doneg4160 amongg1722 the Gentilesg1484 throughg1223 his  bministryg1248.

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And when they heardg191 it they began  aglorifyingg1392 Godg2316; and they saidg3004 to him, "You seeg2334, brotherg80, howg4214 manyg4214  1thousandsg3461 there are amongg1722 the Jewsg2453 of thoseg3588 who have believedg4100, and they are allg3956  bzealousg2207 for the Lawg3551;

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and they have been toldg2727 aboutg4012 you, that you are  ateachingg1321 allg3956 the Jewsg2453 who are amongg2596 the Gentilesg1484 to forsakeg646 Mosesg3475, tellingg3004 them  bnot to circumciseg4059 their childreng5043 norg3366 to  1walkg4043 according to  cthe customsg1485.

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"Whatg5101, theng3767, is to be done? They will certainlyg3843 hearg191 that you have comeg2064.

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"Thereforeg3767 dog4160 thisg3778 that we tellg3004 you. We have fourg5064 meng435 who  1 aare underg2192g1909 a vowg2171;

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takeg3880 them and  apurifyg48 yourself alongg4862 with them, and  1payg1159 their expensesg1159 sog2443 that they may  bshaveg3587b their  2headsg2776; and allg3956 will knowg1097 that there is nothingg3762 to the things whichg3739 they have been toldg2727 aboutg4012 you, but that you yourselfg846 alsog2532 walkg4748 orderlyg4748, keepingg5442 the Lawg3551.

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"But concerningg4012 the Gentilesg1484 who have believedg4100, we wroteg1989,  ahaving decidedg2919 that they should abstaing5442 from  1meatg3588 sacrificedg1494 to idolsg1494 and from bloodg129 and from what is strangledg4156 and from fornicationg4202."

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Theng5119 Paulg3972  1tookg3880 the meng435, and the nextg2192 dayg2250,  apurifyingg48 himself alongg4862 with them,  bwentg1524 into the templeg2413 givingg1229 noticeg1229 of the completiong1604 of the daysg2250 of purificationg49, untilg2193 the sacrificeg4376 was offeredg4374 for eachg1538 oneg1520 of them.

Paul Seized in the Temple

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Wheng5613  athe seveng2033 daysg2250 were almostg3195 overg4931,  bthe Jewsg2453 from  1 cAsiag773, upon seeingg2300 him in the templeg2413, began to stirg4797 up allg3956 the crowdg3793 and laidg1911 handsg5495 on him,

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cryingg2896 out, "Meng435 of Israelg2475a, comeg997 to our aidg997!  aThisg3778 is the mang444 who preachesg1321 to allg3956 meng3956 everywhereg3836a againstg2596 our peopleg2992 and the Lawg3551 and thisg3778 placeg5117; and besidesg2089 he has eveng2532 broughtg1521 Greeksg1672 into the templeg2413 and has  bdefiledg2840 thisg3778 holyg40 placeg5117."

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For they had previouslyg4308 seeng4308  aTrophimusg5161 the  bEphesiang2180 in the cityg4172 with him, and they supposedg3543 that Paulg3972 had broughtg1521 him into the templeg2413.

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Theng2532 allg3650 the cityg4172 was provokedg2795, and  1the peopleg2992 rushedg4890 togetherg4890, and takingg1949 holdg1949 of Paulg3972 they  adraggedg1670 him out of the templeg2413, and immediatelyg2112 the doorsg2374 were shutg2808.

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While they were seekingg2212 to killg615 him, a reportg5334 cameg305 up to the  1commanderg5506 of the  aRoman  2cohortg4686 that allg3650 Jerusalemg2419 was in confusiong4797.

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At onceg1824 he  atookg3880 alongg3880 some soldiersg4757 and centurionsg1543 and rang2701 downg2701 to them; and when they sawg3708 the  1commanderg5506 and the soldiersg4757, they stoppedg3973 beatingg5180 Paulg3972.

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Theng5119 the  1commanderg5506 cameg1448 up and tookg1949 holdg1949 of him, and orderedg2753 him to be  aboundg1210 with  btwog1417 chainsg254; and he began askingg4441 whog5101 he was and whatg5101 he had doneg4160.

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But amongg1722 the crowdg3793  asomeg243 were shoutingg2019 one thing and someg243 anotherg243, and when he couldg1410 not findg1097 out the  1factsg804 becauseg1223 of the uproarg2351, he orderedg2753 him to be broughtg71 into  bthe barracksg3925b.

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Wheng3753 he gotg1096 to  athe stairsg304, he was carriedg941 by the soldiersg4757 becauseg1223 of the violenceg970 of the  1mobg3793;

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for the multitudeg4128 of the peopleg2992 kept followingg190 them, shoutingg2896, " aAwayg142 with him!"

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As Paulg3972 was aboutg3195 to be broughtg1521 into  athe barracksg3925b, he saidg3004 to the  1commanderg5506, "Mayg1832 I sayg3004 somethingg5100 to you?" And he *saidg5346, "Do you knowg1097 Greekg1676?

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"Theng686 you are not  athe Egyptiang124 who someg3778  1timeg2250 agog4253 stirredg387 up a revoltg387 and ledg1806 the fourg5070 thousandg5070 meng435 of the Assassinsg4607 out  binto the wildernessg2048?"

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But Paulg3972 saidg3004, " aI amg1510 a Jewg2453 of Tarsusg5018 in  bCiliciag2791, a citizeng4177 of nog3756 insignificantg767 cityg4172; and I begg1189a you, allowg2010 me to speakg2980 to the peopleg2992."

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When he had giveng2010 him permissiong2010, Paulg3972, standingg2476 on  athe stairsg304,  bmotionedg2678 to the peopleg2992 with his handg5495; and when there  1was a greatg4183 hushg4602, he spokeg4377 to them in the  2 cHebrewg1446 dialectg1258, sayingg3004,



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