Acts 21:1-16 - Paul Travels On To Jerusalem
1 When we had torn ourselves away and had set sail, we ran before the wind to Cos; the next day we came to Rhodes, and from there to Patara, 2 Where we found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, and went on board and set sail. 3 After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on the left, we sailed to Syria, and put into Tyre, where the ship was to discharge her cargo. 4 There we found the disciples and stayed a week with them. Speaking under the influence of the Spirit, they warned Paul not to set foot in Jerusalem. 5 However, when we had come to the end of our visit, we went on our way, all the disciples with their wives and children escorting us out of the city. We knelt down on the beach, and prayed, 6 And then said good-bye to one another; after which we went on board, and they returned home.
7 After we had made the run from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, and exchanged greetings with the Brethren there, and spent a day with them. 8 The next day we left, and reached Caesarea, where we went to the house of Philip, the Missionary, who was one of 'the Seven,' and stayed with him. 9 He had four unmarried daughters, who had the gift of prophecy.
10 During our visit, which lasted several days, a Prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judea. 11 He came to see us, and, taking Paul's girdle, and binding his own feet and hands with it, said: "This is what the Holy Spirit says--'The man to whom this girdle belongs will be bound like this at Jerusalem by the Jews, and they will give him up to the Gentiles'." 12 When we heard that, we and the people of the place began to entreat Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 It was then that Paul made the reply: "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart like this? For my part, I am ready not only to be bound, but even to suffer death at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus."
14 So, as he would not be persuaded, we said no more to him, only adding--"The Lord's will be done."
15 At the end of our visit, we made our preparations, and started on our way up to Jerusalem. 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, and brought Mnason with them, a Cypriot disciple of long standing, with whom we were to stay.