Kis 21:1 Sesudah perpisahan yang berat itu bertolaklah kami dan langsung berlayar menuju Kos. Keesokan harinya sampailah kami di Rodos dan dari situ kami ke Patara.
Kis 21:2 Di Patara kami mendapat kapal, yang hendak menyeberang ke Fenisia. Kami naik kapal itu, lalu bertolak.
Kis 21:3 Kemudian tampak Siprus di sebelah kiri, tetapi kami melewatinya dan menuju ke Siria. Akhirnya tibalah kami di Tirus, sebab muatan kapal harus dibongkar di kota itu.
Kis 21:4 Di situ kami mengunjungi murid-murid dan tinggal di situ tujuh hari lamanya. Oleh bisikan Roh murid-murid itu menasihati Paulus, supaya ia jangan pergi ke Yerusalem.
Kis 21:5 Tetapi setelah lewat waktunya, kami berangkat meneruskan perjalanan kami. Murid-murid semua dengan isteri dan anak-anak mereka mengantar kami sampai ke luar kota; dan di tepi pantai kami berlutut dan berdoa.
Kis 21:6 Sesudah minta diri kami naik ke kapal, dan mereka pulang ke rumah.
Kis 21:7 Dari Tirus kami tiba di Ptolemais dan di situ berakhirlah pelayaran kami. Kami memberi salam kepada saudara-saudara dan tinggal satu hari di antara mereka.
Kis 21:8 Pada keesokan harinya kami berangkat dari situ dan tiba di Kaisarea. Kami masuk ke rumah Filipus, pemberita Injil itu, yaitu satu dari ketujuh orang yang dipilih di Yerusalem, dan kami tinggal di rumahnya.
Kis 21:9 Filipus mempunyai empat anak dara yang beroleh karunia untuk bernubuat.
Kis 21:10 Setelah beberapa hari kami tinggal di situ, datanglah dari Yudea seorang nabi bernama Agabus.
Kis 21:11 Ia datang pada kami, lalu mengambil ikat pinggang Paulus. Sambil mengikat kaki dan tangannya sendiri ia berkata: "Demikianlah kata Roh Kudus: Beginilah orang yang empunya ikat pinggang ini akan diikat oleh orang-orang Yahudi di Yerusalem dan diserahkan ke dalam tangan bangsa-bangsa lain."
Kis 21:12 Mendengar itu kami bersama-sama dengan murid-murid di tempat itu meminta, supaya Paulus jangan pergi ke Yerusalem.
Kis 21:13 Tetapi Paulus menjawab: "Mengapa kamu menangis dan dengan jalan demikian mau menghancurkan hatiku? Sebab aku ini rela bukan saja untuk diikat, tetapi juga untuk mati di Yerusalem oleh karena nama Tuhan Yesus."
Kis 21:14 Karena ia tidak mau menerima nasihat kami, kami menyerah dan berkata: "Jadilah kehendak Tuhan!"
Pertemuan Paulus dengan Yakobus di Yerusalem
Kis 21:15 Sesudah beberapa hari lamanya tinggal di Kaisarea, berkemaslah kami, lalu berangkat ke Yerusalem.
Kis 21:16 Bersama-sama dengan kami turut juga beberapa murid dari Kaisarea. Mereka membawa kami ke rumah seorang yang bernama Manason. Ia dari Siprus dan sudah lama menjadi murid. Kami akan menumpang di rumahnya.
Kis 21:17 Ketika kami tiba di Yerusalem, semua saudara menyambut kami dengan suka hati.
Kis 21:18 Pada keesokan harinya pergilah Paulus bersama-sama dengan kami mengunjungi Yakobus; semua penatua telah hadir di situ.
Kis 21:19 Paulus memberi salam kepada mereka, lalu menceriterakan dengan terperinci apa yang dilakukan Allah di antara bangsa-bangsa lain oleh pelayanannya.
Kis 21:20 Mendengar itu mereka memuliakan Allah. Lalu mereka berkata kepada Paulus: "Saudara, lihatlah, beribu-ribu orang Yahudi telah menjadi percaya dan mereka semua rajin memelihara hukum Taurat.
Kis 21:21 Tetapi mereka mendengar tentang engkau, bahwa engkau mengajar semua orang Yahudi yang tinggal di antara bangsa-bangsa lain untuk melepaskan hukum Musa, sebab engkau mengatakan, supaya mereka jangan menyunatkan anak-anaknya dan jangan hidup menurut adat istiadat kita.
Kis 21:22 Jadi bagaimana sekarang? Tentu mereka akan mendengar, bahwa engkau telah datang ke mari.
Kis 21:23 Sebab itu, lakukanlah apa yang kami katakan ini: Di antara kami ada empat orang yang bernazar.
Kis 21:24 Bawalah mereka bersama-sama dengan engkau, lakukanlah pentahiran dirimu bersama-sama dengan mereka dan tanggunglah biaya mereka, sehingga mereka dapat mencukurkan rambutnya; maka semua orang akan tahu, bahwa segala kabar yang mereka dengar tentang engkau sama sekali tidak benar, melainkan bahwa engkau tetap memelihara hukum Taurat.
Kis 21:25 Tetapi mengenai bangsa-bangsa lain, yang telah menjadi percaya, sudah kami tuliskan keputusan-keputusan kami, yaitu mereka harus menjauhkan diri dari makanan yang dipersembahkan kepada berhala, dari darah, dari daging binatang yang mati dicekik dan dari percabulan."
Kis 21:26 Pada hari berikutnya Paulus membawa orang-orang itu serta dengan dia, dan ia mentahirkan diri bersama-sama dengan mereka, lalu masuk ke Bait Allah untuk memberitahukan, bilamana pentahiran akan selesai dan persembahan akan dipersembahkan untuk mereka masing-masing.
Paulus ditangkap
Kis 21:27 Ketika masa tujuh hari itu sudah hampir berakhir, orang-orang Yahudi yang datang dari Asia, melihat Paulus di dalam Bait Allah, lalu mereka menghasut rakyat dan menangkap dia,
Kis 21:28 sambil berteriak: "Hai orang-orang Israel, tolong! Inilah orang yang di mana-mana mengajar semua orang untuk menentang bangsa kita dan menentang hukum Taurat dan tempat ini! Dan sekarang ia membawa orang-orang Yunani pula ke dalam Bait Allah dan menajiskan tempat suci ini!"
Kis 21:29 Sebab mereka telah melihat Trofimus dari Efesus sebelumnya bersama-sama dengan Paulus di kota, dan mereka menyangka, bahwa Paulus telah membawa dia ke dalam Bait Allah.
Kis 21:30 Maka gemparlah seluruh kota, dan rakyat datang berkerumun, lalu menangkap Paulus dan menyeretnya keluar dari Bait Allah dan seketika itu juga semua pintu gerbang Bait Allah itu ditutup.
Kis 21:31 Sementara mereka merencanakan untuk membunuh dia, sampailah kabar kepada kepala pasukan, bahwa seluruh Yerusalem gempar.
Kis 21:32 Kepala pasukan itu segera bergerak dengan prajurit-prajurit dan perwira-perwira dan maju mendapatkan orang banyak itu. Ketika mereka melihat dia dan prajurit-prajurit itu, berhentilah mereka memukul Paulus.
Kis 21:33 Kepala pasukan itu mendekati Paulus, menangkapnya dan menyuruh mengikat dia dengan dua rantai, lalu bertanya siapakah dia dan apakah yang telah diperbuatnya.
Kis 21:34 Tetapi dari antara orang banyak itu ada yang meneriakkan kepadanya ini, ada pula yang meneriakkan itu. Dan oleh karena keributan itu ia tidak dapat mengetahui apakah yang sebenarnya terjadi. Sebab itu ia menyuruh membawa Paulus ke markas.
Kis 21:35 Ketika sampai ke tangga Paulus terpaksa didukung prajurit-prajurit karena berdesak-desaknya orang banyak,
Kis 21:36 yang berbondong-bondong mengikuti dia, sambil berteriak: "Enyahkanlah dia!"
Paulus minta izin berbicara
Kis 21:37 Ketika Paulus hendak dibawa masuk ke markas, ia berkata kepada kepala pasukan itu: "Bolehkah aku mengatakan sesuatu kepadamu?" Jawabnya: "Tahukah engkau bahasa Yunani?
Kis 21:38 Jadi engkau bukan orang Mesir itu, yang baru-baru ini menimbulkan pemberontakan dan melarikan empat ribu orang pengacau bersenjata ke padang gurun?"
Kis 21:39 Paulus menjawab: "Aku adalah orang Yahudi, dari Tarsus, warga dari kota yang terkenal di Kilikia; aku minta, supaya aku diperbolehkan berbicara kepada orang banyak itu."
Kis 21:40 Sesudah Paulus diperbolehkan oleh kepala pasukan, pergilah ia berdiri di tangga dan memberi isyarat dengan tangannya kepada rakyat itu; ketika suasana sudah tenang, mulailah ia berbicara kepada mereka dalam bahasa Ibrani, katanya:
Act 21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
Act 21:2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
Act 21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
Act 21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
Act 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
Act 21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
Act 21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
Act 21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
Act 21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
Act 21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
Act 21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Act 21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Act 21:13 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.
Act 21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
Act 21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
Act 21:16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
Act 21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
Act 21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
Act 21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
Act 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Act 21:21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
Act 21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
Act 21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
Act 21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Act 21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
Act 21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
Act 21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
Act 21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
Act 21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
Act 21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
Act 21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Act 21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
Act 21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
Act 21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
Act 21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
Act 21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
Act 21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
Act 21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
Act 21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
Act 21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
