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Acts 21:4
4We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
- New International Version (NIV)We sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. And through the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days. They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
Context of Acts 21:4
2There we boarded a ship sailing for Phoenicia. 3We sighted the island of Cyprus, passed it on our left, and landed at the harbor of Tyre, in Syria, where the ship was to unload its cargo. We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem. 5When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including women and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed, 6and said our farewells. Then we went aboard, and they returned home.
Read all of Acts 21Acts 21:4 word by word
Ἀνευρόντες δὲ τοὺς μαθητὰς ἐπεμείναμεν αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας ἑπτά, οἵτινες τῷ Παύλῳ ἔλεγον διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος μὴ ἐπιβαίνειν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- findingἀνευρίσκωaneuriskō · to findG429
- disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
- we tarriedἐπιμένωepimenō · to remain/keep onG1961
- thereαὐτοῦautou · thereG847
- sevenἑπτάhepta · sevenG2033
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- whoὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- to PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
- throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- that he shouldἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
- notμήmē · notG3361
- toεἰςeis · towardG1519
- JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
Cross-references for Acts 21:4
- Acts 19:1While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers.
- Matthew 10:11“Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town.
- 2 Timothy 1:17When he came to Rome, he searched everywhere until he found me.
- Acts 20:6After the Passover ended, we boarded a ship at Philippi in Macedonia and five days later joined them in Troas, where we stayed a week.
- Acts 28:14There we found some believers, who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome.
- Revelation 1:10It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast.
- Acts 21:10Several days later a man named Agabus, who also had the gift of prophecy, arrived from Judea.
- Acts 20:22“And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what awaits me,
Commentaries on Acts 21:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Who said to Paul through the Spirit - We cannot understand this as a command from the Holy Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem, else Paul must have been highly criminal to have disobeyed it. Through the Spirit, must either refer to their own great earnestness to dissuade him from taking a journey which they plainly saw would be injurious to him - and so Bp. Pearce understands this place; or, if it refer to the Holy Spirit, it must mean that if he regarded…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And finding disciples - Christians. This is the first mention of there being Christians at Tyre, but there is no improbability in supposing that the gospel had been preached there, though it is not expressly recorded by Luke. Who said to Paul - Compare Acts 21:12. Their deep interest in his welfare, and their apprehension of his danger, was the reason why they admonished him not to go. Through the Spirit - There is some difficulty in understanding this…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The disciples in Tyre gave Paul a warm and emotional farewell. This shows the deep fellowship (shared life and unity) among Christians. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem: The disciples in Tyre clearly understood the danger he would face there. Because they cared for him, they tried to persuade him not to go. However, Paul accepted these risks. He chose to go in order to complete the mission God had given him (compare…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. finding disciples--finding out the disciples, implying some search. They would expect such, from what is recorded, Ac 11:19. Perhaps they were not many; yet there were gifted ones among them. who said to Paul ... that he should not go up to Jerusalem--(See on Ac 20:23; also see on Ac 21:11-14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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