Acts 21:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living.

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  • Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now. 18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.
  • Acts 8:40 : 40 But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.
  • Acts 10:24 : 24 And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.
  • Acts 10:48 : 48 And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.
  • Acts 11:19 : 19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.
  • Acts 15:39 : 39 And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;
  • Acts 21:3-4 : 3 And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out. 4 And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.
  • Rom 16:7 : 7 Give my love to Andronicus and Junia, my relations, who were in prison with me, who are noted among the Apostles, and who were in Christ before me.
  • Phlm 1:9 : 9 Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
  • 1 John 2:13-14 : 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father. 14 I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

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  • 15 And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

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    17 And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us.

    18 And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

  • Acts 21:1-8
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    1 And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

    2 And as there was a ship going to Phoenicia, we went in it.

    3 And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

    4 And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

    5 And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

    6 We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.

    7 And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

    8 And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

  • 21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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    13 But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

    14 And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

    15 And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

  • 14 Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

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    11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

    12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

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    4 And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

    5 But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

    6 And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

    7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

    8 And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

  • 23 So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

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    10 And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

    11 So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

    12 And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

  • 2 And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

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    10 Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.

    11 And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter.

    12 And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.

  • 28 And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

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    36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

    37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.

  • 13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

  • 22 And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

  • 20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

  • 7 Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.

  • 21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

  • 5 And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.

  • 16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • 4 And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me.

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    4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

    5 And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

  • 16 And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

  • 25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,

  • 28 And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem,

  • 7 And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;

  • 13 Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

  • 27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace: