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Acts 21:4

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2 Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.

3 After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.

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.

5 But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

6 And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
WEB
Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
ASV
And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days: and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.
DARBY
And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul by the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Vi oppsøkte da disiplene og ble der i syv dager; de sa til Paulus ved Ånden at han ikke måtte dra til Jerusalem.
OTB
Vi lette etter disiplene og ble der i syv dager. Gjennom Ånden fortsatte de å fortelle Paulus at han ikke skulle dra til Jerusalem.
B1930
Vi opsøkte da disiplene og blev der i syv dager; de sa til Paulus ved Ånden at han ikke måtte dra til Jerusalem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 21:10–12

    After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

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  • Acts 20:22–23

    And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

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  • 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.

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  • Matthew 10:11

    Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.

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  • 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.

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  • Acts 19:1

    While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

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  • Acts 28:14

    There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.

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  • Revelation 1:10

    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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