MODERN LITERAL VERSION

21:1 And when it happened that they pulled away from them and had set-sail, we made a straight route to Cos and the following- day to Rhodes and from there to Patara.
21:2 And having found a ship, ferrying people over into Phoenicia, we stepped on and set-sail.
21:3 And when Cyprus appeared, leaving it on the left, we sailed to Syria and brought the ship into Tyre; for* the ship was to unload her cargo there.
21:4 And having found disciples, we remained there* seven days and these disciples said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
21:5 And when it happened that we had completed the days there, we came out and traveled on, and they all, with their wives and children, sent us onward until we were outside the city and having placed our knees down upon the beach, we prayed,
21:6 and having hugged one another, we stepped onto the ship, but they returned to their own.

21:7 And when we had terminated the voyage from Tyre, we arrived in Ptolemais, and we greeted the brethren and remained with them for one day.
21:8 And on the next-day Paul and those around him having went out, came to Caesarea and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we remained with him.
21:9 Now this man had four prophesying virgin daughters.
21:10 And while we were remaining there even more days, a certain prophet from Judea named Agabus came down.
21:11 And coming to us and taking Paul's belt, and having bound his own feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these things, The Jews in Jerusalem will bind thus the man whose belt this is and will give him into the hands of the Gentiles.
21:12 And when we heard these things, both we and those locally pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.

21:13 And Paul answered, What are you* doing, weeping and crushing my heart? For* I am not only ready to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem on behalf of the name of the Lord Jesus.

21:14 And when he was not persuaded, we were quiet, saying, Let the will of the Lord happen.
{End of Paul's Third Missionary Journey.}

21:15 And after these days we packed up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
21:16 And there also went with us some of the disciples from Caesarea, leading us to one named Mnason from Cyprus, an old disciple in the faith, with whom they said we should lodge.

21:17 And when we came* to Jerusalem, the brethren gladly accepted us.
{May 23, 59 AD. Jerusalem.}

21:18 And the next day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came.
21:19 And when he had greeted them, he described one by one each of the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his service.
21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, saying to him, You are now viewing brother, how many tens of thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they being* all zealous ones of the law;
21:21 and they have been instructed concerning you, that you are teaching all the Jews throughout the nations apostasy from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk after the customs.
21:22 Then* what is it? It is essential for the crowd to certainly come together; for* they will hear that you have come.
21:23 Therefore you do this thing, what we say to you. We have four men who have a vow upon themselves.
21:24 Paul, take these and purify yourself with them and be spent for them, that* they may shave their heads and all may know that there is no truth in the things of which they have been instructed concerning you, but you yourself also march accordingly, observing the law.
21:25 But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we have informed them by letter, after deciding, to observe no such thing, except to keep themselves from idol-sacrifices and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication.
21:26 Then Paul took the men and the next-day went into the temple purifying himself with them, thus thoroughly proclaiming the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered on behalf of everyone of them.

21:27 And when the seven days were about to be finished, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, incited all the crowd and put hands upon him,
21:28 crying out, Men, Israelites, help! This is the man who is teaching against the people, all men everywhere, and against the law and this place, and still he also brought Greeks into the temple and has desecrated this holy place.
21:29 For* they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him before in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
21:30 And all the city was moved and there happened to be a running of the people together, and they grabbed Paul and dragged him outside the temple and immediately the doors were locked.
21:31 But as they were seeking to kill him, information came up to the commander of the cohort, that all Jerusalem had incited to riot.
21:32 And promptly having taken soldiers and centurions, he ran down upon them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they ceased beating Paul.
21:33 Now the commander drew near and grabbed him and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be and what he had been doing.
21:34 And some in the crowd cried one thing, some another, and when he was not able to know the certainty of what happened because of the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the encampment.
21:35 And when he came* upon the steps, it befell him to be bore by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
21:36 for* the crowd of the people followed after, crying out, Take him away.

21:37 But when Paul was about to be brought into the encampment, he says to the commander, Is it legal for me to speak to you?
And he said, Do you know Greek?
21:38 Are you not then the Egyptian, who before these days unsettled the city and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?

21:39 But Paul said, I am a Jew, indeed a man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city and I beseech of you, permit me to speak to the people.
21:40 And when he had permitted him, Paul, standing upon the steps, beckoned with the hand to the people, and when there became much silence, he shouted to them in the Hebrew language, saying,