Acts 21

Acts 21:1

• When we
• After we
• And when we

• had
• tore

• parted from
• ourselves away from

• them and

• set
• had set

• sail, we came by a

• straight
• straight to the

• course to
• island of

• Cos, the
• Cos.. The
• Cos; the
• Cos and the
• Cos, and the
• Cos and on the
• Cos, and on the
• Cos;
• Cos,

• next day to

• Rhodes and from there to
• Rhodes, and from there to

• Patara.
• Patara;
• Patara,

Acts 21:2

• There we found a
• We found a
• And having found a
• and having found a
• And finding a
• Finding a

• ship
• ship that

• crossing over to
• bound for
• crossing to
• was going to
• going to

• Phoenicia.
• Phoenicia,
• Phoenicia; so
• Phoenicia, so
• Phoenicia, so we
• Phoenicia. So we
• Phoenicia, we

• we
• We
• went on
• went
• got on

• went aboard and
• board and
• boarded and
• boarded, and

• set
• put out to
• sailed

• sail.
• away.
• sea.

Acts 21:3

• We came in sight of
• After sighting
• We sailed near the island of
• When we had come in sight of
• After we sighted

• Cyprus; and
• Cyprus and
• Cyprus, and
• Cyprus,
• Cyprus, but
• Cyprus but

• leaving
• passed
• left

• it on the
• it behind on our

• left,
• left
• port side,

• we

• sailed to
• sailed on to

• Syria and
• Syria, and
• Syria,
• Syria.

• landed at
• put in at
• We stopped at
• arrived at

• Tyre; for there the
• Tyre, for there the
• Tyre where the
• Tyre, where the
• Tyre, because the

• ship was to unload

• its
• her

• cargo.
• cargo there.

Acts 21:4

• We
• There we
• And having

• found the
• sought out the
• found some
• looked up the

• disciples and
• Christians and

• stayed with
• stayed there seven
• stayed there for seven

• days. Through the

• Spirit,
• Spirit

• they

• kept telling
• told
• warned

• Paul

• not to
• not

• go on to
• go to
• set foot in
• go up to

• Jerusalem.
• Jerusalem;
• Jerusalem.’
• Jerusalem,

Acts 21:5

• When our
• but when our
• But when our

• time
• days there
• time there
• days

• was
• were

• over,
• ended,
• up,

• we

• departed and went on
• left and went on
• left and proceeded on
• left and continued
• started on

• our

• way. All of
• way, all the
• way. All the

• them, with
• them with
• them,

• their wives and

• children
• children,

• escorted
• accompanied
• went with

• us out of the

• city.
• city. There

• we
• We

• knelt down on the
• knelt on the

• beach and
• beach, and
• beach to
• beach,

• prayed.
• prayed,
• prayed;
• prayed
• pray,
• pray.
• praying,

Acts 21:6

• we
• We
• Then we

• said

• farewell to one another.
• good-bye;
• goodbye.
• good-bye,

• we
• Then we

• went on board the
• got on the
• boarded the
• went aboard the
• went on

• ship and
• ship, and
• ship. And
• ship, and the

• they
• followers

• returned
• returned to
• went back
• went back to

• home.
• their own homes.
• home again.
• their homes.

Acts 21:7

• When we had

• made the
• completed the
• finished the

• voyage from Tyre, we

• arrived at
• landed at
• reached
• came to

• Ptolemais, where
• Ptolemais.
• Ptolemais. There
• Ptolemais, and
• Ptolemais; and

• we
• We

• greeted the

• brothers, and
• brothers and
• believers and
• brethren, and
• brethren and
• brothers and sisters and

• stayed with
• stayed a
• stayed one

• day with
• them for a
• them one
• them for one

• day.
• them.

Acts 21:8

• On the next

• day,
• day

• we
• we who
• we, who

• left, and
• left and
• departed and
• were Paul’s companions, departed, and
• were Paul’s companions departed and

• came to
• reached
• went on to
• went to

• Caesarea, and
• Caesarea and
• Caesarea.

• went into the
• stayed at the
• went to the
• entered the

• house of
• home of

• Philip, the
• Philip the

• evangelist, who

• was one of ‘the Seven,’ and
• was one of the seven, and
• was one of the Seven, and

• stayed with him.

Acts 21:9

• [Translation pending]

Acts 21:10

• While we

• were staying
• were staying for

• many
• there many

• days a
• days, a
• days when a

• prophet,
• prophet
• certain prophet

• named Agabus came down from

• Judea.
• Judaea.

Acts 21:11

• He

• came to
• came up to

• us,
• us and
• us, and
• us and,

• took
• taking
• borrowed

• Paul’s belt and used it to tie his own hands and

• feet with
• feet.

• it, and
• it and
• He

• said, “The
• said, ‘The

• Holy Spirit

• says, ‘This
• says this: ‘This

• is how the

• Jews in
• Jews at
• Jews of

• Jerusalem will

• bind the
• tie up the
• tie the

• man who

• owns this
• wears this

• belt. Then they will

• hand
• give

• him over to the Gentiles. ”’

Acts 21:12

• When we

• heard this,
• heard this, both
• heard these
• heard that,

• we and the
• we and all the

• local people urged
• local people begged
• people there begged
• people there urged

• Paul
• him

• not to

• go up to
• go to
• go on to

• Jerusalem.

Acts 21:13

• Then Paul

• answered, What
• answered, ‘What
• answered, “What
• replied, “What
• replied, ‘What
• answered, ‘Why
• answered, “Why
• replied, “Why

• are
• do

• you
• you,

• doing, weeping and
• doing weeping and
• crying and
• weeping and

• breaking
• making

• my

• heart? for
• heart? For
• heart!
• heart?

• I
• my part, I

• am
• ’m

• ready not only to be

• bound but
• bound, but
• tied up, but
• tied up but

• even to
• also to

• die in
• die at

• Jerusalem for the name of the Lord

• Jesus!”
• Jesus.
• Jesus.”
• Jesus.’

Acts 21:14

• Since he
• And since he
• When he
• We
• So, as he
• And when he

• would
• could

• not be

• persuaded,
• dissuaded
• dissuaded,

• we

• gave up and
• ceased,
• gave up the

• said, “The
• said, ‘The
• said, “
• saying, “The

• Lord
• May the Lord

• ’s will be

• done.”
• done!”
• done.’
• done.

Acts 21:15

• After these days we
• After this, we
• After that, we

• got
• made

• ready and went up to

• Jerusalem.
• Jerusalem,

Acts 21:16

• [Translation pending]

Acts 21:17

• [Translation pending]

Acts 21:18

• The next
• On the following
• On the next

• day,
• day

• Paul
• Paul and the

• went with
• went in with
• rest of

• us to
• us

• visit
• see
• went to see

• James; and all the
• James, and all the
• James. All the

• elders
• church leaders

• were there.

Acts 21:19

• After greeting
• When he had greeted

• them, he related one by one the

• things which
• things that

• God

• had done among the
• did among the
• had accomplished among the

• Gentiles through
• gentiles through

• his

• ministry.
• work.

Acts 21:20

• and, when they
• And when they

• heard

• it
• it,

• they

• praised
• glorified

• God; and
• God. And
• God.

• they
• They

• said to

• him, “
• Paul: ‘
• Paul: “
• Paul, “

• You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the

• Jews
• Jews there
• Jews of those who

• have
• are who have
• have become

• believed, and
• believed;
• believed.
• believers, and all of

• they
• They
• them

• are all
• are

• zealous for the

• Law;
• Law.
• law;
• law.
• law,

Acts 21:21

• They
• But they
• but they
• and they
• And they

• have been

• told that
• informed about
• told about
• informed that

• you
• you, that you
• you that you
• you—that you

• teach all the
• are teaching all the

• Jews who
• Jews

• are among the
• live among the

• Gentiles to

• forsake
• abandon
• turn away from

• Moses, telling them not to

• circumcise
• Circumcise

• their

• children nor to
• children or
• children or to

• live
• walk

• according to our customs.

Acts 21:22

• What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they

• will
• will surely

• hear that
• learn that

• you

• have
• are

• come,
• come.
• come!
• arrived.

Acts 21:23

• Therefore
• Therefore,
• So
• so

• do what
• do this that

• we

• tell
• want
• say to

• you.
• you:
• you to

• we
• We

• have four

• men who
• men
• men with

• have taken a
• have made a
• are under a
• us who have made a

• vow;
• vow.
• promise to God.
• vow upon themselves.
• vow to God.

Acts 21:24

• take these
• Take these
• take
• Take

• them and
• them, and
• men and

• purify

• yourself along with
• yourself with

• them and
• them, and

• pay their

• expenses so that
• expenses that

• they

• may
• can

• shave their

• heads.
• heads, and
• heads; and

• then all
• Then all

• will

• know that there
• know there

• is
• is no

• nothing in what they have been

• told about
• informed about

• you but that
• you, but that

• you yourself

• walk
• live in

• keeping the
• observance of the

• law.

Acts 21:25

• But as for the Gentiles who
• But concerning the Gentiles who
• As for the Gentiles who

• have

• believed,
• become believers,

• we have sent a letter with our judgment that they

• should
• must

• abstain from what has been sacrificed to

• idols, and from
• idols and from
• idols, from
• idols and

• blood and from what
• blood, and from what
• blood and what

• is
• has been

• strangled and from
• strangled, and from
• strangled and

• sexual immorality.”
• fornication.
• fornication.’
• fornication.”

Acts 21:26

• Then
• So

• Paul

• took the
• took the four

• men and the
• men, and the

• next

• day he
• day,

• purified
• purifying

• himself along with
• himself together with
• himself with

• them
• them,
• them and

• went into the
• went to the
• entered the

• temple,
• temple
• temple and
• Temple and
• Temple, and

• gave
• giving

• notice of the

• completion of the
• expiration of the

• days of purification, until the offering was offered for each one of them.

Acts 21:27

• When the seven days
• The seven days
• The seven days of

• were
• purification were

• almost over, the
• almost over. The
• about to be completed, the
• almost completed, the

• Jews from
• Jews from the

• Asia,
• Asia
• province of Asia
• Asia, upon
• Asia who
• Asia, who
• Asia Minor

• saw
• seeing
• had seen
• caught sight of

• him in the
• Paul in the
• Paul at the

• temple.
• Temple.

• They

• stirred up all the
• stirred up the

• crowd, and
• crowd and
• multitude and
• multitude, and

• laid hands on
• grabbed
• seized

• him.
• him,
• Paul
• Paul.

Acts 21:28

• shouting, “
• shouting, ‘
• crying out, “

• Men of
• People of

• Israel,
• Israel!

• Help! This
• help! This
• help us! This
• help us. This

• is the man who

• teaches
• is teaching
• teaches all

• everyone
• men

• everywhere against the

• people and the
• people, and the
• people, the

• law and this
• law, and this

• place.
• place;
• place! And
• place; and

• furthermore
• Moreover,
• moreover

• he

• also
• even

• brought Greeks into the

• temple and
• Temple and
• temple, and

• has

• defiled this
• made this

• holy
• sacred

• place!”
• place.”
• place unclean.’
• place unclean!”
• place unclean.”

Acts 21:29

• For they
• (For they
• They
• (They

• had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with

• him, and
• him and
• Paul. And
• Paul and

• they supposed that
• they assumed
• they thought that
• assumed that

• Paul had

• brought
• taken

• him into the

• temple.)
• Temple.)
• temple.
• Temple.

Acts 21:30

• The whole city
• Then all the city
• And all the city

• was
• was in an

• stirred up, and the
• aroused, and the
• moved, and the

• people

• ran
• rushed
• came running from all

• together;
• together.
• together, and
• together; and
• directions.

• they
• They

• seized
• grabbed
• took

• Paul, and
• Paul and
• Paul
• Paul,

• dragged

• him out of the
• him outside the
• him from the

• temple; and
• temple: and
• Temple, and
• temple, and
• temple.
• temple courts, and
• temple, and at
• temple; and at

• Immediately the
• immediately the
• once the

• doors
• gates

• were

• shut,
• shut.
• closed.

Acts 21:31

• While they
• As they
• They
• And as they

• were

• trying to
• seeking to
• about to

• kill

• him,
• him, a

• report
• word
• news

• reached the
• came up to the
• was sent up to the
• came to the

• commander of the
• tribune of the
• commanding officer of the

• cohort that all
• cohort, that all
• regiment that all

• Jerusalem

• was in an
• was in
• was
• was in a

• uproar.
• confusion.
• rioting.

Acts 21:32

• He immediately

• took
• took some
• took along some
• called out

• soldiers and

• centurions, and
• centurions and
• officers and

• ran down to
• ran down to the

• them; and when
• them. And when
• them. When
• crowd. When the

• they
• mob
• crowd

• saw the

• commander and the
• commander and his
• tribune and the
• commander and
• commanding officer and the
• chief captain and the

• soldiers
• soldiers,

• they stopped beating Paul.

Acts 21:33

• Then the

• commander
• commanding officer
• tribune

• came up and

• arrested
• took hold of

• him, and
• him and
• him.
• him,
• Paul and

• ordered
• commanded

• him to be

• bound with two
• tied up with two
• secured with two

• chains;
• chains.
• chains. Then
• chains; and

• He
• he
• Then he

• asked who
• inquired who
• tried to find out who

• he
• Paul

• was, and what
• was and what
• might be and what

• he had

• done?”
• done.
• been doing.
• done wrong?”
• done wrong.

Acts 21:34

• Some in the crowd
• Some of the crowd
• But some in the crowd
• Some in the mob

• shouted one
• were shouting one
• said one

• thing and some another. Since
• thing, some another; and as
• thing, some another. And as

• he

• could
• was

• not
• n’t

• find out the
• learn the
• ascertain the
• get at the

• truth because of the
• facts because of the

• uproar, he

• ordered
• ordered that
• commanded

• him to
• Paul to
• Paul

• be

• brought into the
• taken into the
• taken to the

• barracks.
• fortress.
• fort.

Acts 21:35

• When Paul
• When he
• and when he
• And when he
• When they

• reached the
• came to the
• got to the

• steps,
• stairs,
• steps, the

• he
• Paul

• had to be
• was

• carried by the

• soldiers because of the
• soldiers, because of the

• violence of the

• mob;
• mob.
• mob,
• crowd.
• crowd;
• crowd,

Acts 21:36

• The crowd that
• for a crowd of people
• for the crowd of people
• for the multitude of the people

• followed

• them
• them,
• kept

• shouting, “
• shouting, ‘
• screaming, “

• Away with
• Kill

• him!
• him!’
• him!”

Acts 21:37

• As the soldiers
• The soldiers

• were about to take Paul into the army

• building.
• building,

• He
• he

• said to the
• asked the
• spoke to the

• commander: “
• commander, “
• commanding officer: “
• commanding officer, “
• tribune, “

• May I say something to

• you?” The
• you?”
• you?” And

• He
• he
• commander
• tribune

• said, “
• replied, “
• replied,

• Do
• Can

• you

• speak
• know

• Greek?

Acts 21:38

• Are
• “Are

• n’t you the Egyptian who

• started a
• raised a
• started some

• revolt and

• led the four thousand
• led four thousand

• assassins
• terrorists

• out into the

• wilderness the four thousand
• desert some

• time ago?”
• men of the Assassins?”
• men of the Assassins?

Acts 21:39

• Paul
• But Paul
• “No!” Paul
• “No,” Paul

• said, ‘
• said,
• said, “
• answered, “
• answered,
• replied, “
• replied. “
• replied, ’
• said, “No!
• said, “No,

• I

• am a
• ’m a

• Jew, from
• Jew from
• Jew, of
• Jew of
• Jewish man from

• Tarsus, in
• Tarsus in
• Tarsus of

• Cilicia, a

• citizen of no
• citizen of an
• citizen of that

• important
• mean
• insignificant
• obscure

• city.
• city;
• city; and
• city: and

• I
• Now I

• beg
• ask

• you,
• you to

• let
• allow
• permit

• me
• me to

• speak to the
• speak unto the
• talk to these

• people.
• people.”
• people.’
• crowd.”

Acts 21:40

• [Translation pending]