Acts 21:15
13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cæsarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
- KJV
- And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
- WEB
- After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
- ASV
- And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
- DARBY
- And after these days, having got our effects ready, we went up to Jerusalem.
- BLB
- And after these days, having packed the baggage, we were going up to Jerusalem.
- ÅB
- Da nå disse dager var til ende, gjorde vi oss i stand og dro opp til Jerusalem,
- OTB
- Etter disse dagene forberedte vi oss og dro opp til Jerusalem.
- B1930
- Da nu disse dager var til ende, gjorde vi oss i stand og drog op til Jerusalem,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 25:9
But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
Read in contextActs 25:1
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.
Read in contextActs 25:6
And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
Read in contextActs 18:22
And when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
Read in context