On
To Jerusalem
After
we had torn ourselves away from them,
We
put out to sea and sailed straight to Cos.
The
next day we went to Rhodes
And
from there to Patara.
2
We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,
Went
on board and set sail.
3
After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it,
We
sailed on to Syrais.
We
landed at Tyre,
Where
our ship was to unload its cargo.
4
Finding the Disciples there,
We
stayed with them seven days.
THROUGH
THE SPIRIT
THEY
URGED PAUL NOT TO GO ON TO JERUSALEM.
5
But when our time was up,
We
left and continued on our way.
All
the Disciples and their wives and children
Accompanied
us out of the City,
And
there on the beach we knelt to pray.
6
After saying good-by to each other,
We
went aboard the ship,
And
they returned home.
7
We continued our Voyage from Tyre
And
landed at Ptolemais,
Where
we greeted the Brothers
and
stayed with them for a day.
8
Leaving the next day,
We
reached Caesarea
And
stayed at the house of Philip the Evangelist,
One
of the Seven.
9
HE HAD FOUR UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS
WHO
PROPHESIED.
10
After we had been thee a number of days,
A
Prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
COMING
OVER TO US ,
HE
TOOK PAUL'S BELT,
TIED
HIS OWN HANDS AND FEET WITH IT
And
said,
'THE
HOLY SPIRIT SAYS,
IN
THIS WAY THE JEWS OF JERUSALEM
WILL
BIND HE OWNER OF THIS BELT
AND
WILL HAND HIM OVER TO THE GENTILES.'
12
When we heard this,
We
and the people there
Pleaded
with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
The
Paul answered,
'WHY
ARE YOU WEEPING AND BREAKING MY HEART?
I
AM READY NOT ONLY TO BE BOUND,
BUT
ALSO TO DIE IN JERUSALEM
FOR
THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS.'
14
When he would not be Dissuaded,
We
gave up and said,
'THE
LORD'S WILL BE DONE.'
15
After this, we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
16
Some of the Disciples from Caesarea accompanied us
And
brought us to the home of Mnason,
Where
we were to stay.
He
was a man from Cyprus
And
one of the early Dsiciples.
Paul's
Arrival At Jerusalem
17
When we arrived at Jerusalem,
The
Brothers received us warmly.
18
The next day Paul and the rest of us
Went
to see James,
And
all the Elders were Present.
19
Paul greeted them
And
reported in detail
What
God had done among the Gentiles
Through
his Ministry.
20
When they heard this,
They
Praise God.
Then
they said to Paul:
'YOU
SEE, BROTHER,
HOW
MANY THOUSANDS OF JEWS HAVE BELIEVED,
AND
ALL OF THEM ARE ZEALOUS FOR THE LAW.
23
They have been informed
That
you Teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles
To
turn away from Moses,
Telling
them not to Circumcise their children
Or
live according to our customs.
23
SO DO WHAT WE TELL YOU.
There
are four men with us who have made a Vow.
24
Take these men,
Join
in their Purification Rites
And
Pay their expenses,
So
that they can have their heads shaved.
Then
everybody will know
There
is no truth in these reports about you,
But
that you yourself are living
In
Obedience to the Law.
25
As for the Gentile Believers,
We
have written to them our Decision
That
they should abstain from food sacrifice to Idols,
From
blood, from the meat of strangled animals
And
from Sexual Immorality.
26
The next day Paul took the men
And
Purified himself along with them.
Then
he went to the Temple
To
give notice of the date
When
the days of Purification would end
And
the offering would be made for each of them.
Paul
Arrested
27
When the seven days were nearly over,
Some
Jews from the Province of Asia
Saw
Paul at the Temple.
THEY
STIRRED UP THE WHOLE CROWD AND SEIZED HIM,
28
SHOUTING, 'MEN OF ISRAEL, HELP US!
THIS
IS THE MAN WHO TEACHES ALL MEN EVERYWHERE
AGAINST
OUR PEOPLE AND OUR LAW AND THIS PLACE.
And
besides,
He
has brought Greeks into the Temple area
And
Defiled this Holy Place.'
29
(they had previously
Seen
Trophimus the Ephesian
In
the City with Paul
And
assumed that Paul
Had
brought him into the Temple area.)
30
THE WHOLE CITY WAS AROUSED,
And
the people came running from all directions.
Seizing
Paul,
They
dragged him from the Temple,
And
immediately the gates were shut.
31
WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL HIM,
News
reached the Commander of the Roman troops
That
the whole City of Jerusalem was in an Uproar.
32
He at once took some officers and soldiers
And
ran down to the Crowd.
When
the Rioters saw the Commander and his soldiers,
They
stopped beating Paul.
33
The Commander came up and Arrested him
And
ordered him to be bound with two chains.
Then
he asked who he was
And
what he had done.
34
Some in the Crowd shouted one thing
And
some another,
And
since the Commander could not get at the truth
Because
of the Uproar,
He
ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.
35
When Paul reached the steps,
The
Violence of the Mob was so great
He
had to be carried by the soldiers.
36
The Crowd that followed kept shouting,
'AWAY
WITH HIM!”
Paul
Speaks To The Crowd
37
As the soldiers wre about to take Paul
Into
the Barracks,
He
asked the Commander,
'MAY
I SAY SOMETHING TO YOU?
'Do
you speak Greek?' he replied.
38
'Aren't you the Egyptian
Who
started a revolt
And
led four thousand Terrorists
Out
into the desert some time ago?'
39
Paul answered,
'I
am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia,
A
citizen of no ordinary City.
Please
let me speak to the People.'
40
Having received the Commander's Permission,
Paul
stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd.
When
they were all silent,
He
said to them in Aramaic:
(Acts
21)
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