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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ When 1we had parted from them and had set sail, we ran 2a straight course to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara;
  2. and having found a ship crossing over to 3Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.
  3. When we came in sight of 4Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to 5Syria and landed at 6Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.
  4. After looking up 7the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul [a]8through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.
  5. When [b]our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, 9escorted us until we were out of the city. After 10kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.
  6. Then we went on board the ship, and they returned 11home again.
  7. ¶ When we had finished the voyage from 12Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and after greeting 13the brethren, we stayed with them for a day.
  8. On the next day we left and came to 14Caesarea, and entering the house of 15Philip the 16evangelist, who was 17one of the seven, we stayed with him.
  9. Now this man had four virgin daughters who were 18prophetesses.
  10. As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named 19Agabus came down from Judea.
  11. And coming to us, he 20took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, “This 21is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will 22bind the man who owns this belt and 23deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
  12. When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him 24not to go up to Jerusalem.
  13. Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For 25I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for 26the name of the Lord Jesus.”
  14. And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, “27The will of the Lord be done!”
  15. ¶ After these days we got ready and 28started on our way up to Jerusalem.
  16. Some of 29the disciples from 30Caesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of 31Cyprus, a 32disciple of long standing with whom we were to lodge.
  17. ¶ After we arrived in Jerusalem, 33the brethren received us gladly.
  18. And the following day Paul went in with us to [c]34James, and all 35the elders were present.
  19. After he had greeted them, he 36began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his 37ministry.
  20. And when they heard it they began 38glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many [d]thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all 39zealous for the Law;
  21. and they have been told about you, that you are 40teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them 41not to circumcise their children nor to [e]walk according to 42the customs.
  22. What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.
  23. Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who [f]43are under a vow;
  24. take them and 44purify yourself along with them, and [g]pay their expenses so that they may 45shave their [h]heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.
  25. But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, 46having decided that they should abstain from [i]meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication.”
  26. Then Paul [j]took the men, and the next day, 47purifying himself along with them, 48went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.
  27. ¶ When 49the seven days were almost over, 50the Jews from [k]51Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him,
  28. crying out, “Men of Israel, come to our aid! 52This is the man who preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has 53defiled this holy place.”
  29. For they had previously seen 54Trophimus the 55Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
  30. Then all the city was provoked, and [l]the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they 56dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
  31. While they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the [m]commander of the 57Roman [n]cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
  32. At once he 58took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the [o]commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
  33. Then the [p]commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be 59bound with 60two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.
  34. But among the crowd 61some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the [q]facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into 62the barracks.
  35. When he got to 63the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the [r]mob;
  36. for the multitude of the people kept following them, shouting, “64Away with him!”
  37. ¶ As Paul was about to be brought into 65the barracks, he said to the [s]commander, “May I say something to you?” And he *said, “Do you know Greek?
  38. Then you are not 66the Egyptian who some [t]time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out 67into the wilderness?”
  39. But Paul said, “68I am a Jew of Tarsus in 69Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”
  40. When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on 70the stairs, 71motioned to the people with his hand; and when there [u]was a great hush, he spoke to them in the [v]72Hebrew dialect, saying,

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ I.e. because of impressions made by the Spirit
  2. ^ Lit we had completed the days
  3. ^ Or Jacob
  4. ^ Lit ten thousands
  5. ^ I.e. observe or live by
  6. ^ Lit have a vow on them
  7. ^ Lit spend on them
  8. ^ Lit head
  9. ^ Lit the thing
  10. ^ Or took the men the next day, and purifying himself
  11. ^ I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
  12. ^ Lit a running together of the people occurred
  13. ^ I.e. chiliarch, in command of one thousand troops
  14. ^ Or battalion
  15. ^ V 31, note 1
  16. ^ V 31, note 1
  17. ^ Lit certainty
  18. ^ Lit crowd
  19. ^ V 31, note 1
  20. ^ Lit days
  21. ^ Lit occurred
  22. ^ I.e. Jewish Aramaic

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 16:10; 21:1-18
  2. ^ Ac 16:11
  3. ^ Ac 11:19; 21:3
  4. ^ Ac 4:36; 21:16
  5. ^ Mt 4:24
  6. ^ Ac 12:20; 21:7
  7. ^ Ac 11:26; 21:16
  8. ^ Ac 20:23; 21:11
  9. ^ Ac 15:3
  10. ^ Lu 22:41; Ac 9:40; 20:36
  11. ^ Jn 19:27
  12. ^ Ac 12:20; 21:3
  13. ^ Ac 1:15; 21:17
  14. ^ Ac 8:40; 21:16
  15. ^ Ac 6:5; 8:5
  16. ^ Eph 4:11; 2Ti 4:5
  17. ^ Ac 6:5; 8:5
  18. ^ Lu 2:36; Ac 13:1; 1Co 11:5
  19. ^ Ac 11:28
  20. ^ 1Ki 22:11; Is 20:2; Je 13:1-11; 19:1, 11; Jn 18
  21. ^ Ac 8:29
  22. ^ Ac 9:16; 21:33
  23. ^ Mt 20:19
  24. ^ Ac 21:15
  25. ^ Ac 20:24
  26. ^ Ac 5:41; 9:16
  27. ^ Lu 22:42
  28. ^ Ac 21:12
  29. ^ Ac 21:4
  30. ^ Ac 8:40
  31. ^ Ac 4:36; 21:3
  32. ^ Ac 15:7
  33. ^ Ac 1:15; 21:7
  34. ^ Ac 12:17
  35. ^ Ac 11:30
  36. ^ Ac 14:27
  37. ^ Ac 1:17
  38. ^ Mt 9:8
  39. ^ Ac 15:1; 22:3; Ro 10:2; Ga 1:14
  40. ^ Ac 21:28
  41. ^ Ac 15:19ff; 1Co 7:18f
  42. ^ Ac 6:14
  43. ^ Nu 6:13-21; Ac 18:18
  44. ^ Jn 11:55; Ac 21:26; 24:18
  45. ^ Ac 18:18
  46. ^ Ac 15:19f, 29
  47. ^ Jn 11:55; Ac 21:24; 24:18
  48. ^ Nu 6:13; Ac 24:18
  49. ^ Nu 6:9, 13-20
  50. ^ Ac 20:19; 24:18
  51. ^ Ac 16:6
  52. ^ Ac 6:13
  53. ^ Mt 24:15; Ac 6:13f; 24:6
  54. ^ Ac 20:4
  55. ^ Ac 18:19
  56. ^ 2Ki 11:15; Ac 16:19; 26:21
  57. ^ Ac 10:1
  58. ^ Ac 23:27
  59. ^ Ac 20:23; 21:11; 22:29; 26:29; 28:20; Eph 6:20; 2Ti 1:16; 2:9
  60. ^ Ac 12:6
  61. ^ Ac 19:32
  62. ^ Ac 21:37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32
  63. ^ Ac 21:40
  64. ^ Lu 23:18; Jn 19:15; Ac 22:22
  65. ^ Ac 21:34; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32
  66. ^ Ac 5:36
  67. ^ Mt 24:26
  68. ^ Ac 9:11; 22:3
  69. ^ Ac 6:9
  70. ^ Ac 21:35
  71. ^ Ac 12:17
  72. ^ Jn 5:2; Ac 1:19; 22:2; 26:14

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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