(Read Acts 21:19-26) Paul ascribed all his success to God, and to God they gave the praise. Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. And after those days we packed and went up to Jerusalem. ", I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city, I implore you, permit me to speak to the people, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Like Jesus, Paul alone is arrested, but none of the other followers of Jesus. voyage non-stop. of Scripture. Paul visits James (Acts 21:15-26) 15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. l. Like Jesus, the Roman officer handling Paul's case did not know his true identity. Paul, standing on stairs overlooking the massive open courtyard of the temple mount, made a dramatic sweep of his hand - and the angry, rioting mob fell silent. a. He was a citizen of Tarsus, not a suspected terrorist. The warnings from the Holy Spirit were intended to prepare Paul, not to stop him. Paul simply rejected trust in any of these as a basis for righteousness before God, which comes only through Jesus Christ. Like Jesus, Paul traveled to Jerusalem with a group of disciples. When the mob cried out for his death, Paul must have remembered when he was part of such a mob, agreeing with the martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7:54-8:1). General Epistles
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Paul must have immediately remembered the prophecy of Agabus (Acts 21:11). Where is "Phoenicia" (Acts 21:2)? The Gospels
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c. They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem: Apparently, among the disciples at Tyre, some prophesied of the danger that awaited Paul in Jerusalem, something that he had been warned about before in several other places (Acts 20:22-23). Wisdom Literature
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most likely communicated to the disciples the harm that awaited Paul in Since the disciples in Tyre "told Paul through the --------------------
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The ship earlier, "Paul purposed in the Spirit, when he (C)We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo.4 We sought out the disciples(D)there and … Why did they wait "seven days" (Acts 21:4) to board the ship in Tyre? and instead passed south of it. Your email address will not be published. which pursued him as he was carried up the steps was the shout with which Jesus' death had been demanded not far from that spot some twenty-seven years before (Luke 23:18; John 19:15)." This is God's custom with such a remarkable prophecy, that there should be great deal of confirmation, as there was in Macedonia (Acts 20:22-23), in Tyre (Acts 21:4) and now in Caesarea. e. They all accompanied us … till we were out of the city: The practice of accompanying a traveler to the outskirts of the city was traditional. are Turkey and Greece today: Luke, Timothy, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, He was bound in the spirit to go to Jerusalem (Acts 19:21 and 20:22). Because he had recognized that he had done wrong to Paul, a Roman citizen, when he bound him with chains (Acts 21:33), and because he hoped that Paul's speech might quiet down the mob. So when he could not ascertain the truth because of the tumult, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks.