Acts 21:17
15 After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
19 Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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
- When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
- KJV
- And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
- WEB
- When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
- ASV
- And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
- DARBY
- And when we arrived at Jerusalem the brethren gladly received us.
- BLB
- Now of us having arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
- ÅB
- Da vi nå kom til Jerusalem, tok brødrene imot oss med glede.
- OTB
- Ved vår ankomst i Jerusalem, ga brødrene og søstrene oss en varm velkomst.
- B1930
- Da vi nu kom til Jerusalem, tok brødrene imot oss med glede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 15:4
On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
Read in contextHebrews 13:1–2
Continue in brotherly love.
Read in contextRomans 15:7
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
Read in context3 John 1:7–8
For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
Read in contextActs 21:7
When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
Read in context