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21:1	And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding `day' to Rhodes, and thence to Patara,
21:2	and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,
21:3	and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading.
21:4	And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;
21:5	but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees upon the shore, we prayed,
21:6	and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.
21:7	And we, having finished the course, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them;
21:8	and on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Cesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist -- who is of the seven -- we remained with him,
21:9	and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.
21:10	And we remaining many more days, there came down a certain one from Judea, a prophet, by name Agabus,
21:11	and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, `Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle -- so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver `him' up to the hands of nations.'
21:12	And when we heard these things, we called upon `him' -- both we, and those of that place -- not to go up to Jerusalem,
21:13	and Paul answered, `What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'
21:14	and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, `The will of the Lord be done.'
21:15	And after these days, having taken `our' vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,
21:16	and there went also of the disciples from Cesarea with us, bringing with them him with whom we may lodge, a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an aged disciple.
21:17	And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren did gladly receive us,
21:18	and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,
21:19	and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,
21:20	and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, `Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,
21:21	and they are instructed concerning thee, that apostacy from Moses thou dost teach to all Jews among the nations, saying -- Not to circumcise the children, nor after the customs to walk;
21:22	what then is it? certainly the multitude it behoveth to come together, for they will hear that thou hast come.
21:23	`This, therefore, do that we say to thee: We have four men having a vow on themselves,
21:24	these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk -- thyself also -- the law keeping.
21:25	`And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.'
21:26	Then Paul, having taken the men, on the following day, with them having purified himself, was entering into the temple, announcing the fulfilment of the days of the purification, till the offering was offered for each one of them.
21:27	And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,
21:28	crying out, `Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;'
21:29	for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.
21:30	All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut,
21:31	and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,
21:32	who, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.
21:33	Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded `him' to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,
21:34	and some were crying out one thing, and some another, among the multitude, and not being able to know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried to the castle,
21:35	and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,
21:36	for the crowd of the people was following after, crying, `Away with him.'
21:37	And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, `Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, `Greek dost thou know?
21:38	art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?'
21:39	And Paul said, `I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'
21:40	And he having given him leave, Paul having stood upon the stairs, did beckon with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew dialect, saying:


21:1	And it chaunsed that assone as we had launched forth and were departed from them we came with a strayght course vnto Choon and the daye folowinge vnto the Rhodes and from thence vnto Patara.
21:2	And we founde a shippe redy to sayle vnto Phenices and went a borde and set forthe.
21:3	Then appered vnto vs Cyprus and we lefte it on the lefte honde and sayled vnto Syria and came vnto Tyre. For there the shyppe vnladed her burthen.
21:4	And when we had founde brethren we taryed there .vii. dayes. And they tolde Paul thorowe ye sprete that he shuld not goo vp to Ierusalem.
21:5	And when the dayes were ended we departed and went oure wayes and they all brought vs on oure waye wt their wyves and chyldren tyll we were come out of the cyte. And we kneled doune in the shore and prayde.
21:6	And when we had taken oure leave one of another we toke shyppe and they returned home agayne.
21:7	When we had full ended the course fro Tyre we aryved at Ptolomaida and saluted the brethren and abode with the one daye.
21:8	The nexte daye we that were of Pauls copany departed and came vnto Cesarea. And we entred into the housse of Philip ye Evagelist which was one of the seve deacones and abode with him.
21:9	The same man had fower doughters virges which dyd prophesy.
21:10	And as we taried there a good many dayes there came a certayne prophete from Iurie named Agabus.
21:11	When he was come vnto vs he toke Pauls gerdell and bounde his hondes and fete and sayde: thus saith the holy goost: so shall ye Iewes at Ierusalem bynde the man yt oweth this gerdell and shall delyver him into the hondes of the gentyls.
21:12	When we hearde this both we and other of the same place besought him that he wolde not goo vp to Ierusalem.
21:13	Then Paul answered and sayde: what do ye wepynge and breakinge myne hert? I am redy not to be bound only but also to dye at Ierusalem for ye name of ye Lorde Iesu.
21:14	When we coulde not turne his mynde we ceased sayinge: the will of ye Lorde be fulfilled.
21:15	After those dayes we made oure selfes redy and went vp to Ierusalem.
21:16	There went with vs also certayne of his disciples of Cesarea and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus an olde disciple with whom we shuld lodge.
21:17	And when we were come to Ierusalem the brethren receaved vs gladly.
21:18	And on the morowe Paul wet in with vs vnto Iames. And all the elders came to geder.
21:19	And when he had saluted them he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought amoge the getyls by his ministracion.
21:20	And when they hearde it they glorified the Lorde and sayde vnto him: thou seist brother how many thousande Iewes ther are which beleve and they are all zelous over ye lawe.
21:21	And they are informed of the that thou teachest all the Iewes which are amoge the gentyls to forsake Moses and sayst that they ought not to circumcise their chyldren nether to live after the customes.
21:22	What is it therfore? The multitude must nedes come togeder. For they shall heare that thou arte come.
21:23	Do therfore this that we saye to the. We have .iiii. men which have a vowe on them.
21:24	Them take and purifye thy selfe with them and do cost on them that they maye shave their heeddes and all shall knowe yt tho thinges which they have hearde concerninge the are nothinge: but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe.
21:25	For as touchinge the gentyls which beleve we have written and concluded yt they observe no soche thinges: but that they kepe them selves from thinges offred to ydoles from bloud fro strangled and fro fornicacion.
21:26	Then the nexte daye Paul toke the men and purified him selfe with them and entred into the teple declaringe that he observed the dayes of ye purificacio vntyll that an offeringe shuld be offred for every one of them.
21:27	And as the seven dayes shuld have bene ended ye Iewes which were of Asia when they sawe him in the teple they moved all the people and layde hondes on him
21:28	cryinge: men of Israel helpe. This is the man that teacheth all men every where agaynst the people and the lawe and this place. Moreover also he hath brought Grekes into the teple and hath polluted this holy place.
21:29	For they sawe one Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the cyte. Him they supposed Paul had brought into the teple.
21:30	And all the cyte was moved and the people swarmed to geder. And they toke Paul and drue him out of the teple and forthwith the dores were shut to.
21:31	As they went about to kyll him tydinges came vnto the hye captayne of the soudiers that all Ierusalem was moved.
21:32	Which immediatly toke soudiers and vndercaptaynes and ranne doune vnto them. When they sawe ye vpper captayne and the soudiers they lefte smytinge of Paul.
21:33	Then the captayne came neare and toke him and comaunded him to be bounde with two chaynes and demaunded what he was and what he had done.
21:34	And one cryed this another that amoge the people. And whe he coulde not knowe the certayntie for ye rage he comaunded him to be caryed into the castle.
21:35	And whe he came vnto a grece it fortuned that he was borne of the soudiers of the violence of the people.
21:36	For the multitude of the people folowed after cryinge: awaye wt him.
21:37	And as Paul shuld have bene caryed into the castle he sayde vnto the hye Captayne: maye I speake vnto the? Which sayde: canst thou speake Greke?
21:38	Arte not thou that Egypcian which before these dayes made an vproure and ledde out into the wildernes .iiii. thousande men that were mortherers?
21:39	But Paul sayde: I am a ma which am a Iewe of Tharsus a cite in Cicill a Citesyn of no vyle cite I beseche ye soffre me to speake vnto ye people.
21:40	When he had geve him licece Paul stode on ye steppes and beckned with the honde vuto the people and ther was made a greate silence. And he spake vnto the in ye Ebrue tonge sayinge:


21:1	Now whan it fortuned that we had launched forth and were departed from them, we came with a straight course vnto Coon, and on the daye folowinge vnto the Rhodes, and from thence vnto Patara.
21:2	And whan we founde a shippe ready to sayle vnto Phenices, we wente aborde and set forth.
21:3	But wha we came within the sighte of Cypers, we lefte it on the lefte hande, and sayled vnto Syria, and came vnto Tyre: for there the shippe shulde laye forth the ware.
21:4	And whan we had founde disciples, we taried there seuen dayes. And they tolde Paul thorow the sprete, that he shulde not go vp to Ierusalem.
21:5	And it fortuned wha we had fulfilled those dayes, we departed, and wente oure wayes, and they all broughte vs on oure waye with wyues and childre, tyll we were come out of ye cite, and we kneled downe vpo the shore, and prayed.
21:6	And whan we had taken oure leue one off another, we toke shippe, but they turned agayne vnto theirs.
21:7	As for vs we ended the course from Tyre, and came to Ptolomaida, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one daye.
21:8	On the nexte daye we yt were with Paul, departed, and came vnto Cesarea, & entred in to the house of Philippe the Euangelist (which was one of the seue) and abode with him.
21:9	The same had foure doughters, which were virgins, and prophecied.
21:10	And as we taried there mo dayes, there came downe from Iewry a prophet, named Agabus.
21:11	Wha he was come vnto vs, he toke Pauls gerdell, and bounde his hades and fete, and sayde: Thus sayeth ye holy goost: The man whose gerdell this is, shal the Iewes bynde thus at Ierusalem, and shal delyuer him in to the handes of the Heythe.
21:12	Whan we herhe this, both we and they that were of the same place, besoughte him, that he wolde not go vp to Ierusalem.
21:13	Then answered Paul and sayde: What do ye, wepynge, and breakynge my hert? For I am redye not onely to be bounde, but also to dye at Ierusalem for ye name of the LORDE Iesu.
21:14	But wha he wolde not be persuaded, we ceassed, and sayde: The will of the LORDE be fulfylled.
21:15	And after those dayes we were ready, & wente vp to Ierusalem:
21:16	There came with vs also certayne of the disciples off Cesarea, and broughte with them one of Cypers, named Mnason, an olde disciple, with whom we shulde lodge.
21:17	Now wha we came to Ierusalem, the brethren receaued vs gladly.
21:18	But on the nexte daye Paul wente in with vs vnto Iames, and all the Elders came together.
21:19	And whan he had saluted them, he tolde by order, what God had done amoge the Heythen by his mynistracion.
21:20	Whan they herde that, they praysed the LORDE, and sayde vnto him: Brother, thou seyst how many thousande Iewes there are which beleue, and are all Zelous ouer ye lawe.
21:21	But they are enfourmed agaynst the, that thou teachest all the Iewes which are amoge the Heythe, to forsake Moses, and sayest that they oughte not to circumcyse their children, ner to walke after the same custome.
21:22	What is it therfore? The multitude must nedes come together, for they shal heare that thou art come.
21:23	Do this therfore that we saye vnto the: We haue foure men, which haue a vowe on them,
21:24	take them vnto ye, and purifye thyselfe with them, and do the cost on them, that they maye shaue their heades: and they shal knowe, that it is nothinge, wherof they are enfourmed agaynst the, but that thou also walkest and kepest the lawe.
21:25	For as touchinge them that beleue amonge the Heythen, we haue wrytten, and concluded, that they shulde obserue no soch, but onely to kepe them selues from the offeringes of Idols, from bloude, from stragled, and from whordome.
21:26	Then Paul toke the men vnto him, and was purified with them on the nexte daye, and entred in to the temple, declaringe that he fulfylled the dayes of purificacion, tyll there was an offeringe offred for euery one of them.
21:27	But whan the seuen dayes were allmost fulfylled, the Iewes of Asia sawe him in the temple, and moued all the people, layed handes vpon him,
21:28	and cryed: Ye men of Israel, helpe, this is the man, that teacheth all men euery where agaynst oure people, the lawe, and this place. He hath broughte Grekes also in to the temple, and hath defyled this holy place.
21:29	For they had sene Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the cite, him they thoughte yt Paul had broughte in to the temple.
21:30	And all the cite was moued, and the people ranne together. And they toke Paul, and drue him out off the temple, and forth with the dores were shut to.
21:31	But whan they wete aboute to kyll him, tydinges came to the chefe captayne of the company, that all Ierusalem was moued.
21:32	Which immediatly toke soudyers and captaynes vnto him, and ranne in amoge them. Whan they sawe the captayne and the soudyers, they lefte smytinge of Paul.
21:33	Whan the captayne came nye, he toke him, and commaunded him to be bounde with two cheynes, and axed what he was, and what he had done.
21:34	One cried this, another that amonge the people. But whan he coulde not knowe the certente because of the rumoure, he commaunded him to be caried in to the castell.
21:35	And wha he came to the steppes, it fortuned that he was borne of ye soudyers because of the violence of the people.
21:36	For the multitude off the people folowed after, and cryed: Awaye with him.
21:37	Whan Paul was now to be caried in to the castell, he sayde vnto ye captayne: Maye I speake vnto the? He sayde: Canst thou Greke?
21:38	Art not thou the Egipcian, which before these dayes maydest an vproure, & leddest out in to the wyldernesse foure thousande preuy murthurers?
21:39	Paull sayde: I am a man which am a Iewe off Tharsis, a citesyn of a famous cite in Celicia: I beseke the, suffre me to speake vnto the people.
21:40	Whan he had geuen him lycence, Paul stode on the steppes, and beckened with the hande vnto the people. Now whan there was made a greate sylece, he spake vnto them in Hebrue, and sayde:

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