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Acts Chapter 21

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Paul and his followers travel from Jerusalem to Antioch, where Jewish opponents oppose them and they are arrested. They are taken to Tarsus, where they are released and continue their journey. The chapter shows the challenges of the mission and the importance of perseverance.

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(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:
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Acts 20:37Acts 20:38I Samuel 20:41I Samuel 20:42I Thessalonians 2:17Acts 27:2Acts 27:4Luke 5:4Luke 8:22

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I Chronicles 27:4

(2) And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
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Acts 27:6Jonah 1:3Acts 15:3

(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.
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Acts 21:16Acts 4:36Acts 11:19Acts 13:4Acts 15:39Acts 27:4Acts 15:23Acts 15:41Acts 18:18Judges 10:6II Samuel 8:6Isaiah 7:2

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Jeremiah 23:38

(4) And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
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Acts 19:1Matthew 10:11II Timothy 1:17Acts 20:6Acts 20:7Acts 28:14Revelation 1:10Acts 21:10Acts 21:11Acts 21:12Acts 20:22

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Acts 19:1Mark 2:18John 6:22

(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.
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Acts 15:3Acts 17:10Acts 20:38Deuteronomy 29:11Deuteronomy 29:12Joshua 24:15II Chronicles 20:13Nehemiah 12:43Matthew 14:21Acts 9:40Acts 20:36I Kings 8:54

(6) And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
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II Corinthians 2:13John 1:11John 7:53John 16:32John 19:27

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II Chronicles 25:10

(7) And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
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Acts 21:19Acts 18:22Acts 25:13I Samuel 10:4I Samuel 13:10Matthew 5:47Hebrews 13:24Acts 21:10Acts 28:12

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I Chronicles 27:4

(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.
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Acts 16:10Acts 16:13Acts 16:16Acts 20:6Acts 20:13Acts 27:1Acts 28:11Acts 28:16Acts 8:40Acts 9:30Acts 10:1Acts 18:22

(10) And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
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Acts 21:4Acts 21:7Acts 20:16Acts 11:28

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Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12Luke 1:5Luke 10:38Acts 16:1

(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.
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I Samuel 15:27I Samuel 15:28I Kings 11:29I Kings 11:30I Kings 11:31II Kings 13:15II Kings 13:16II Kings 13:17II Kings 13:18II Kings 13:19Jeremiah 13:1Jeremiah 13:2

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Leviticus 8:7Galatians 2:14Isaiah 11:5Jeremiah 13:7John 7:35Romans 3:29

(12) And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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Acts 21:4Acts 20:22Matthew 16:21Matthew 16:22Matthew 16:23

(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.
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I Samuel 15:14Isaiah 3:15Ezekiel 18:2Jonah 1:6Acts 20:37I Samuel 1:8Philippians 2:26II Timothy 1:4Acts 20:24Romans 8:35Romans 8:36Romans 8:37

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Acts 20:7Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(14) And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
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Genesis 43:14I Samuel 3:18II Samuel 15:25II Samuel 15:26II Kings 20:19Matthew 6:10Matthew 26:39Matthew 26:42Luke 11:2Luke 22:42

(15) And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
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Acts 18:22Acts 25:1Acts 25:6Acts 25:9

(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.
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Acts 21:8Acts 10:24Acts 10:48Acts 21:3Acts 11:19Acts 15:39Psalms 71:17Psalms 71:18Psalms 92:14Proverbs 16:31Romans 16:7Philemon 1:9

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Luke 11:1Acts 16:1Mark 2:18Mark 8:27John 6:22

(17) And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
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Acts 15:4Romans 15:7Hebrews 13:1Hebrews 13:2III John 1:7III John 1:8

(18) And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
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Acts 15:13Matthew 10:2Galatians 1:19Galatians 2:9James 1:1Acts 15:2Acts 15:6Acts 15:23Acts 20:17

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Acts 15:2Acts 1:13

(19) And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
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Acts 11:4Acts 11:5Acts 11:6Acts 11:7Acts 11:8Acts 11:9Acts 11:10Acts 11:11Acts 11:12Acts 11:13Acts 11:14Acts 11:15

(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:
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Acts 4:21Acts 11:18Psalms 22:23Psalms 22:27Psalms 72:17Psalms 72:18Psalms 72:19Psalms 98:1Psalms 98:2Psalms 98:3Isaiah 55:10Isaiah 55:11

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I Corinthians 14:22John 10:38Esther 8:17John 19:21

(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.
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Acts 6:13Acts 6:14Acts 16:3Acts 28:17Romans 14:1Romans 14:2Romans 14:3Romans 14:4Romans 14:5Romans 14:6I Corinthians 9:19I Corinthians 9:20

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Galatians 2:14John 7:35Romans 3:29Ephesians 4:17Esther 8:17John 19:21

(22) What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
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Acts 15:12Acts 15:22Acts 19:32

(23) Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
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Acts 18:18Numbers 6:2Numbers 6:3Numbers 6:4Numbers 6:5Numbers 6:6Numbers 6:7

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1

(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.
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Acts 21:26Acts 24:18Exodus 19:10Exodus 19:14Numbers 19:17Numbers 19:18Numbers 19:19Numbers 19:20Numbers 19:21Numbers 19:22II Chronicles 30:18II Chronicles 30:19

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Ezekiel 44:20

(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.
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Acts 15:20Acts 15:29

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Acts 15:29I Corinthians 14:22I Corinthians 8:1Romans 15:9I Corinthians 5:1John 10:38

(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.
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I Corinthians 9:20Acts 24:18Numbers 6:13Numbers 6:14Numbers 6:15Numbers 6:16Numbers 6:17Numbers 6:18Numbers 6:19Numbers 6:20

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Acts 3:2II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Ezra 5:14Jeremiah 7:4I Corinthians 3:17

(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,
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Acts 24:18Acts 6:12Acts 13:50Acts 14:2Acts 14:5Acts 14:19Acts 17:5Acts 17:6Acts 17:13Acts 18:12I Kings 21:25Acts 4:3

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Acts 3:2II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Ezra 5:14Jeremiah 7:4Acts 24:18

(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.
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Acts 19:26Acts 19:27Acts 19:28Acts 24:5Acts 24:6Acts 21:21Acts 6:13Acts 6:14Acts 24:18Acts 26:20Acts 26:21Jeremiah 7:4

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II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Ezra 5:14Jeremiah 7:4I Corinthians 3:17

(29) (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
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Acts 20:4II Timothy 4:20

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II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Ezra 5:14Jeremiah 7:4I Corinthians 3:17

(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.
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Acts 16:20Acts 16:21Acts 16:22Acts 19:29Acts 26:21Matthew 2:3Matthew 21:10Acts 7:57Acts 7:58Acts 16:19Luke 4:29II Corinthians 11:26

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Nehemiah 6:10I Kings 7:50II Chronicles 4:22II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Ezra 5:14

(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.
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Acts 22:22Acts 26:9Acts 26:10John 16:2II Corinthians 11:23II Corinthians 11:24II Corinthians 11:25II Corinthians 11:26II Corinthians 11:27II Corinthians 11:28II Corinthians 11:29II Corinthians 11:30

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II Samuel 18:20

(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.
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Acts 23:23Acts 23:24Acts 23:27Acts 24:7Acts 5:40Acts 18:17Acts 22:19Isaiah 3:15

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Acts 23:10Matthew 27:27Acts 23:17Acts 23:23Acts 23:31Acts 27:31

(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.
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Acts 21:11Acts 12:6Acts 20:23Acts 22:25Acts 22:29Acts 28:20Judges 15:13Judges 16:8Judges 16:12Judges 16:21Ephesians 6:20Acts 22:24

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Jeremiah 40:1Mark 5:4

(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.
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Acts 19:32Acts 22:30Acts 25:26Acts 21:37Acts 22:24Acts 23:10Acts 23:16

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Ephesians 4:11II Samuel 17:9Matthew 13:8Matthew 13:23Mark 4:8Mark 4:20

(35) And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
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Genesis 6:11Genesis 6:12Psalms 55:9Psalms 58:2Jeremiah 23:10Habakkuk 1:2Habakkuk 1:3

(36) For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
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Acts 7:54Acts 22:22Luke 23:18John 19:15I Corinthians 4:13

(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?
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Acts 21:19Acts 19:30Matthew 10:18Matthew 10:19Matthew 10:20Luke 21:15

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Acts 23:10

(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?
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Acts 5:36Acts 5:37Matthew 5:11I Corinthians 4:13

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1

(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.
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Acts 9:11Acts 9:30Acts 22:3Acts 23:34Acts 6:9Acts 15:23Acts 15:41Acts 16:37Acts 22:25Acts 22:26Acts 22:27Acts 22:28

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Acts 22:3

(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,
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Acts 21:35II Kings 9:13Acts 12:17Acts 13:16Acts 19:33Acts 22:2Acts 6:1Acts 26:14Luke 23:38John 5:2John 19:13John 19:17

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Acts 22:2Revelation 9:11

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