Acts 21:1-16 - Paul Travels On To Jerusalem
1 After we parted from them we set sail with a straight course to Cos. The next day we went to Rhodes and then to Patara. 2 We went aboard a ship sailing to Phoenicia. 3 We passed to the south of Cyprus and sailed to Syria. We landed at Tyre where the ship unloaded it's cargo. 4 Having found the disciples, we stayed there seven days. Guided by the Spirit the disciples urged Paul not to go to Jerusalem. 5 When the time came we left there and went on our journey. All the disciples, their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city. We knelt down on the beach and prayed, and said goodbye. 6 We went on board the ship as they returned home.
7 We traveled from Tyre to Ptolemais where the brothers greeted us and we stayed with them one day. 8 The next morning we left for Caesarea where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist and one of the seven. 9 Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
10 As we stayed there several days, a prophet came from Judea, named Agabus. 11 Coming to us he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands. He said: The Holy Spirit says, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this belt, and shall deliver him into the hands of the nations. 12 When we heard this everyone pleaded with Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
13 Why do you weep and break my heart? Paul answered: For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14 He would not be dissuaded. So we ceased, saying: The will of God be done!
15 We packed our baggage and went to Jerusalem. 16 The disciples from Caesarea brought us to the home of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we stayed.