Thomson(i)
1 Then they conducted him to the ship; and soon as we were parted from them and clear of the land, keeping a straight course we came to Coos, and the next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara;
2 where finding a vessel bound to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.
3 And coming in sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on the left, we sailed for Syria and arrived at Tyre; for the ship was to land her cargo there.
4 And having by diligent inquiry found out the disciples, we staid there seven days. Some of these told Paul by the spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
5 But when these days were ended, we set out on our departure, they, with women and children, all attending us out of the city, and kneeling down on the sea shore, we prayed;
6 then having saluted each other, we embarked, and they returned home.
7 And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, staid with them one day.
8 And on the morrow we who were Paul's company, departed and came to Caesarea, and going to the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him.
9 Now he had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses.
10 And after we had been there several days, there came down from Judea a prophet named Agabus,
11 who coming to us and taking Paul's girdle, bound his own hands and feet and said, Thus saith the holy spirit, So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, whose girdle this is, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
12 Upon hearing this both we and they of that place in treated him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 But Paul answered, Why make ye this ado, weeping and breaking my heart? As for me, I am ready, not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14 So, as he could not be prevailed on, we acquiesced, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."
15 And after those days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
16 And some of the disciples came with us from Csesarea and brought us to one Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we were to lodge.
17 Now when we arrived at Jerusalem, the brethren received us with joy.
18 And on the day following Paul went with us to James. And when all the elders were come,
19 he saluted them and gave them a particular account of all that God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry;
20 which when they heard, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of believing Jews, and they are all zealous observers of the law.
21 Now they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, nor walk in the established rites.
22 What then is to be done? At all events the multitude must needs assemble; for they will hear that thou art come.
23 Do this then which we tell thee: there are four men with us who have a vow upon them.
24 Take these and purify thyself with them, and be at charges for them that they may shave their heads; and that all may know that there is nothing in those things of which they have been told concerning thee; but that thou thyself walkest regularly, keeping the law.
25 Now with respect to the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent them our decision; that they are not to observe such things, but only to abstain from what is offered to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.
26 So Paul took the men, and the next day being purified with them he went into the temple, announcing the full term of the days of the purification, even to the time when the offering for each of them was to be made;
27 but as the seven days were to be completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, threw all the multitude into confusion, and laid hands on him,
28 crying out, Men of Israel help; This is the man who is continually teaching all men every where against the people and the law and this very place; and moreover he hath brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.
29 [For they had before seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, and imagined that Paul had brought him into the temple.]
30 Upon this the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and laying hold on Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.
31 And while they were seeking to kill him, a report came to the commander of the cohort that all Jerusalem Was in commotion.
32 Upon which he instantly took soldiers and centurions and ran in among them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul.
33 Then the commander drew near and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and demanded who he was and what he had done.
34 And as some in the crowd cried one thing, and some another, and he could not know the certainty by reason of the tumult, he ordered him to be brought into the castle.
35 And when he was on the stairs it happened that Paul was carried up by the soldiers, on account of the violence of the crowd.
36 For the multitude of the people followed, crying, Away with him.
37 So, when Paul was just about to enter the castle, he said to the commander, May I be favoured with a word to thee? Upon which he said, Canst thou speak Greek?
38 Art thou not the Egyptian who some time ago raised an insurrection, and led out into the wilderness four thousand of the assassins?
39 Thereupon Paul said, I am indeed a Jew of Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no inconsiderable city, I intreat thee therefore, permit me to speak to the people.
40 And on his giving permission, Paul standing on the stairs waved his hand to the people; and a great silence taking place, he addressed them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,