Acts 21:1-16 - Paul Travels On To Jerusalem

¹ When we had torn ourselves away from those brothers, we sailed straight to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. ² There we found a ship going across to Phoenicia, so we went aboard and sailed on. ³ We came in sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on our left, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre because the ship was to unload its cargo there. ⁴ So we located some disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem, ⁵ but when our time there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey. All of them accompanied us with their wives and children out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed, ⁶ and said goodbye to each other. Then we reboarded the ship, and they went back home.

⁷ When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, greeted the brothers there, and stayed with them for one day. ⁸ The next day, we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven, and stayed with him. ⁹ He had four unmarried daughters who could prophesy.

¹⁰ After we had been there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judea. ¹¹ He came to us, took Paul's belt, and tied his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, "The Holy Spirit says, "This is how the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to the gentiles.'" ¹² When we heard this, we and the people who lived there begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

¹³ At this Paul replied, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I'm ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!"

¹⁴ When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, "May the Lord's will be done."

¹⁵ When our time there ended, we got ready to go up to Jerusalem. ¹⁶ Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us. They took us to the home of Mnason to be his guests. He was from Cyprus and had been an early disciple.