1 And when we had torn ourselves away from them and put to sea, we ran a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2 And finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set forth.
3 And when we had sighted Cyprus and left it on the left hand, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.
4 And finding the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
5 And when we had completed the days, we departed and went on our way, all of them escorting us with wives and children until we were outside the city; and kneeling down on the shore, we prayed.
6 And when we had said farewell to one another, we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
7 And having finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and greeting the brothers, we stayed one day with them.
8 And on the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.
9 This man had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
10 And as we stayed on a good many days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
11 And when he had come to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and hand him over into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
12 And when we heard these things, both we and the people of the place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
14 And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."
15 And after these days we packed up and went up to Jerusalem.
16 And some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge.
17 And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
18 And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had greeted them, he declared one by one what things God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20 And hearing it, they glorified the Lord, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;
21 and they have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk according to the customs.
22 What is it, then? A multitude will surely come together, for they will hear that you have come.
23 So do this that we tell you: we have four men who are under a vow;
24 take these men, purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the law.
25 But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they keep themselves from what is offered to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality."
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having purified himself with them, he entered the temple, announcing when the days of purification would be fulfilled, until the offering should be made for each one of them.
27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,
28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place; and besides, he has also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place."
29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
30 And the whole city was set in motion, and the people ran together; and they took Paul and drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
31 And as they went about to kill him, news came up to the commander of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down upon them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul.
33 Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he demanded who he was and what he had done.
34 And some among the multitude cried one thing and some another; and when he could not know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.
35 And when he came upon the stairs, it so happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
36 for the multitude of the people followed, crying out, "Away with him!"
37 And as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, "May I speak to you?" He said, "Can you speak Greek?
38 Are you not that Egyptian who before these days made an uproar and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"
39 But Paul said, "I am a man who is a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."
40 And when he had given him leave, Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with his hand to the people; and when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,