Acts 21:1-16 - Paul Travels On To Jerusalem
1 And, when it came to pass that we, having been torn away from them, had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara; 2 and, having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, going aboard, we set sail. 3 And, having come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo. 4 And, having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days; who, indeed, said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 5 And, when it came to pass that we completed the days, going forth, we were resuming our journey; they all, with wives and children, accompanying us out of the city; and, kneeling down on the beach, having prayed, we bade one another farewell; 6 and we embarked upon the ship, but they returned to their homes.
7 And, having finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and, having saluted the brethren, we abode with them one day. 8 And, on the morrow, going forth, we came to Caesarea; and, entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him. 9 And this man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.
10 And, as we tarried there several days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, Agabus by name. 11 And, coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, binding his own feet and hands, he said, "Thus saith the Holy Spirit, so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle, and shall deliver him up into the hands of the gentiles. 12 And, when we heard these things, both we and those of that place were beseeching him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, "What are ye doing, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."
14 And, when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."
15 And, after these days, having gotten ready, we went up to Jerusalem. 16 And there went with us also some of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an aged disciple, with whom we should lodge.