Acts 21 (NET)

Acts 21:1¹After we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, and sailing a straight course, we came to Cos, on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:17Luke 5:41 Sam 20:41-42Acts 16:10-11Acts 20:37-38Acts 27:2Luke 8:22Acts 27:4

Acts 21:2²We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:19Acts 15:3Acts 27:6Jonah 1:3

Acts 21:3³After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:20Acts 21:16Acts 27:4Acts 4:36Matt 4:242 Sam 8:6Acts 11:19Acts 13:4Acts 15:23Acts 15:39

Acts 21:4⁴After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:22-23Acts 21:10-12Acts 20:6-7Matt 10:11Acts 11:26Acts 19:1Acts 28:142 Tim 1:17Rev 1:10

Acts 21:5⁵When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:36Acts 9:40Acts 15:3Acts 20:38Ps 95:61 Kgs 8:542 Chr 20:13Acts 17:10Deut 29:11-12Mark 1:40

Acts 21:6⁶we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:272 Cor 2:13John 1:11John 16:32John 7:53

Acts 21:7⁷We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 13:241 Sam 10:41 Sam 13:10Acts 12:20Acts 18:22Acts 21:10Acts 21:19Acts 25:13Acts 28:12Matt 5:47

Acts 21:8⁸On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 6:5Acts 8:26-40Eph 4:112 Tim 4:5Acts 8:5-13Acts 16:10Acts 16:13Acts 28:16Acts 9:30Acts 10:1

Acts 21:9⁹(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:17Rev 2:20Exod 15:20Joel 2:28Luke 2:361 Cor 11:4-52 Kgs 22:14Acts 13:1Judg 4:4Neh 6:14

Acts 21:10¹⁰While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:28Acts 21:4Acts 20:16

Acts 21:11¹¹He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, 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 over to the Gentiles.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:331 Sam 15:27-28Jer 13:1-111 Kgs 11:29-311 Kgs 22:112 Kgs 13:15-19Acts 20:23Ezek 24:19-25Jer 19:10-111 Pet 1:12

Acts 21:12¹²When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:22Matt 16:21-23Acts 21:4

Acts 21:13¹³Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:24Phil 1:20-21Phil 2:17Rom 8:35-372 Tim 4:62 Cor 4:10-172 Tim 2:4-6Acts 20:37Col 1:24Rev 12:11

Acts 21:14¹⁴Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, “The Lord’s will be done.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 22:42Matt 26:39Matt 26:42Matt 6:102 Kgs 20:192 Sam 15:25-261 Sam 3:18Gen 43:14Luke 11:2

Acts 21:15¹⁵After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 18:22Acts 25:1Acts 25:6Acts 25:9

Acts 21:16¹⁶Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:31Acts 21:3-4Acts 21:8Ps 92:141 John 2:13-14Acts 10:24Acts 10:48Acts 11:19Acts 15:39Acts 8:40

Acts 21:17¹⁷When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:4Heb 13:1-2Rom 15:73 John 1:7-8Acts 21:7

Acts 21:18¹⁸The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 1:19Acts 11:30Acts 15:13Gal 2:9Acts 12:17Acts 15:2Acts 15:23Acts 15:6Acts 20:17Jas 1:1

Acts 21:19¹⁹When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 14:27Acts 1:17Rom 15:18-191 Cor 15:10Acts 20:241 Cor 3:5-92 Cor 12:122 Cor 6:1Acts 11:4-18Acts 15:12

Acts 21:20²⁰When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 10:2Gal 1:14Acts 22:3Acts 11:18Acts 15:1Acts 15:52 Thess 1:10Acts 15:24Acts 2:41Acts 4:21

Acts 21:21²¹They have been informed about you—that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:19-21Gal 6:12-15Gal 5:1-6Acts 15:19-21Acts 21:281 Cor 7:18-19Rom 14:1-6Acts 16:3Acts 28:17Acts 6:13-14

Acts 21:22²²What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:12Acts 15:22Acts 19:32

Acts 21:23²³So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 18:18Num 6:2-7

Acts 21:24²⁴take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:26Acts 18:18Acts 24:181 Cor 9:20Exod 19:142 Chr 30:18-19Gal 2:12Heb 9:10-14Job 1:5Job 41:25

Acts 21:25²⁵But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:29Acts 15:19-20

Acts 21:26²⁶Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:18Acts 21:24Num 6:13-201 Cor 9:20

Acts 21:27²⁷When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:18Acts 26:21Acts 13:501 Kgs 21:25Acts 14:19Acts 14:2Acts 14:5Acts 17:13Acts 17:5-6Acts 18:12

Acts 21:28²⁸shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:5-6Acts 21:21Acts 26:20-21Acts 19:26-28Acts 24:18Acts 6:13-14Jer 7:4-15Lam 1:10Matt 24:15

Acts 21:29²⁹(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:42 Tim 4:20Acts 18:19

Acts 21:30³⁰The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:212 Cor 11:26Acts 16:19-222 Kgs 11:15Acts 19:29Acts 7:57-58Luke 4:29Matt 2:3Matt 21:10

Acts 21:31³¹While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:23-33Acts 17:5Acts 26:9-101 Kgs 1:41Acts 10:1Acts 19:40Acts 21:38Acts 22:22Acts 23:17Acts 24:22

Acts 21:32³²He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:27Acts 5:40Isa 3:15Acts 18:17Acts 22:19Acts 23:23-24Acts 24:6

Acts 21:33³³Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 6:20Acts 21:11Acts 12:6Acts 20:23Acts 22:29Acts 28:202 Tim 2:92 Tim 1:16Acts 22:24-25Acts 25:16

Acts 21:34³⁴But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:32Acts 23:10Acts 21:37Acts 22:24Acts 23:16Acts 22:30Acts 23:32Acts 25:26

Acts 21:35³⁵When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:40Gen 6:11-12Hab 1:2-3Jer 23:10Ps 55:9Ps 58:2

Acts 21:36³⁶for a crowd of people followed them, screaming, “Away with him!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:15Acts 22:22Luke 23:181 Cor 4:13Acts 7:54

Acts 21:37³⁷As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commanding officer, “May I say something to you?” The officer replied, “Do you know Greek?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:30Acts 21:19Acts 21:34Luke 21:15Matt 10:18-20

Acts 21:38³⁸Then you’re not that Egyptian who started a rebellion and led the 4,000 men of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness some time ago?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:26Acts 5:36-371 Cor 4:13Matt 5:11

Acts 21:39³⁹Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:3Acts 9:11Acts 23:27Acts 6:91 Pet 3:151 Pet 4:15-16Acts 15:23Acts 15:41Acts 16:37Acts 21:37

Acts 21:40⁴⁰When the commanding officer had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, he addressed them in Aramaic,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:17Acts 22:2Acts 26:14John 5:2Acts 19:33Acts 21:352 Kgs 9:13Acts 13:16Acts 6:1John 19:13