Acts 21:4

Translations

Modern

We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

Traditional

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

Literal

And we remained there seven days, having sought out the disciples, who kept saying to Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

Latin

Inventis autem discipulis, mansimus ibi diebus septem: qui Paulo dicebant per Spiritum ne ascenderet Jerosolymam.

Original

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English

We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

Notes

Acts 21:4–6

The disciples in Tyre gave Paul a warm and emotional farewell. This shows the deep fellowship (shared life and unity) among Christians.
Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem: The disciples in Tyre clearly understood the danger he would face there. Because they cared for him, they tried to persuade him not to go.
However, Paul accepted these risks. He chose to go in order to complete the mission God had given him (compare Philippians 3:7–10). See also study note on Acts 21:11–14.

Acts 21:1–18

This “we” passage (see study notes on 16:10; 20:5–15) covers Paul’s journey from Miletus to Jerusalem at the close of the third missionary journey.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Counsel from Others

Events

Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem

Related verses

Acts 20:22–23
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
Acts 21:10–12
After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
Acts 20:6–7
And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
Matthew 10:11
Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
Acts 11:26
…and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
Acts 19:1
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
Acts 28:14
There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
Revelation 1:10
On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
2 Timothy 1:17
Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.

People

Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistles

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Lebanon Luke (Person) Luke, Gospel of Paul the Apostle Persecution Phoenicia, Phoenicians Travel

Topics

Disciple of Jesus Disobedience to God of Paul, in Going to Jerusalem Contrary to Repeated Warnings Luke: To Jerusalem Paul: His Resolute Determination to Go to Jerusalem Despite Repeated Warnings Paul: Waits at Tyre for Seven Days Phenicia: Paul Visits the Congregations In Rashness: Paul, in Persisting in Going to Jerusalem, Against the Repeated Admonitions of the Holy Spirit Seven: Days: Paul Waits at Tyre For Tyre: Christ: Paul Found Disciples At Tyre: City of Paul Visits

Acts 21:4

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