Acts 21
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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:

we were.

Acts 20:37,38 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him…

1 Samuel 20:41,42 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward …

1 Thessalonians 2:17 But we, brothers, being taken from you for a short time in presence, …

and had.

Acts 27:2,4 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to …

Luke 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said to Simon, Launch out into …

Luke 8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with …

Coos. Coos, Cos, or Co, now Zia, is an island in the Aegean sea, one of those called Cyclades, near the south-west point of Asia Minor, and about fifteen miles from Halicarnassus.

Rhodes. Rhodes is a celebrated island in the same sea, southward of Caria, from which it is distant about twenty miles, next to Cyprus and Lesbos in extent, being

And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
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.

Cyprus.

Acts 21:16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and …

Acts 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, …

Acts 11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad on the persecution that arose …

Acts 13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed to Seleucia; …

Acts 15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed …

Acts 27:4 And when we had launched from there, we sailed under Cyprus, because …

Syria.

Acts 15:23,41 And they wrote letters by them after this manner…

Acts 18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took …

Judges 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, …

2 Samuel 8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became …

Isaiah 7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate …

Matthew 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought to him all …

Luke 2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

Tyre.

Acts 12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but …

Psalm 45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich …

Psalm 87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold …

Isaiah 23:17,18 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the …

Matthew 11:21 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, …

Luke 10:13 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works …

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
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.
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
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.
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
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.

he took.

1 Samuel 15:27,28 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold on the skirt …

1 Kings 11:29-31 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, …

2 Kings 13:15-19 And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to him bow …

Jeremiah 13:1-11 Thus said the LORD to me, Go and get you a linen girdle, and put …

Jeremiah 19:10,11 Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with you…

Ezekiel 24:19-25 And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things …

Hosea 12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, …

Thus.

Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said…

Acts 16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, …

Acts 20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesses in every city, saying that bonds …

Acts 28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that …

Hebrews 3:7 Why (as the Holy Ghost said, To day if you will hear his voice,

1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did …

So shall.

Acts 21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him …

Acts 22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that …

Acts 24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, …

Acts 26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all that …

Acts 28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to …

Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk …

Ephesians 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, …

2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even to bonds; but the …

Hebrews 10:34 For you had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling …

and shall.

Acts 28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief …

Matthew 20:18,19 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed …

Matthew 27:1,2 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the …

And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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.

What.

1 Samuel 15:14 And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my …

Isaiah 3:15 What mean you that you beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces …

Ezekiel 18:2 What mean you, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, …

Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What mean you, O …

to weep.

Acts 20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,

1 Samuel 1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why …

Philippians 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that …

2 Timothy 1:4 Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I …

for.

Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to …

Romans 8:35-37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, …

1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.

2 Corinthians 4:10-17 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that …

2 Corinthians 11:23-27 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors …

Philippians 1:20,21 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing …

Philippians 2:17 Yes, and if I be offered on the sacrifice and service of your faith, …

Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which …

2 Timothy 2:4-6 No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; …

2 Timothy 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

2 Peter 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our …

Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you …

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of …

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
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.
And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
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:

they glorified.

Acts 4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding …

Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified …

Psalm 22:23,27 You that fear the LORD, praise him; all you the seed of Jacob, glorify …

Psalm 72:17-19 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long …

Psalm 98:1-3 O sing to the LORD a new song; for he has done marvelous things: …

Isaiah 55:10-13 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns …

Isaiah 66:9-14 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? said the …

Luke 15:3-10,32 And he spoke this parable to them, saying…

Romans 15:6,7,9-13 That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father …

Galatians 1:24 And they glorified God in me.

2 Thessalonians 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints…

Revelation 19:6,7 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the …

how.

Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same …

Acts 4:4 However, many of them which heard the word believed; and the number …

Acts 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied …

Matthew 13:31-33 Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven …

John 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the …

thousands.

Luke 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable …

and they.

Acts 15:1,5,24 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brothers, …

Acts 22:3 I am truly a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, …

Romans 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according …

Galatians 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in my own …

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.
What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
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.
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
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.
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.
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.
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
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?
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
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.
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,
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
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