Acts 21:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

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  • Matt 10:11 : 11 Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.
  • Acts 11:26 : 26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
  • Acts 19:1 : 1 Disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there
  • Acts 20:6-7 : 6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days. 7 On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul began to speak to the people, and because he intended to leave the next day, he extended his message until midnight.
  • Acts 20:22-23 : 22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
  • Acts 21:10-12 : 10 While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11 He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said,“The Holy Spirit says this:‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’” 12 When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 28:14 : 14 There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.
  • 2 Tim 1:17 : 17 But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me.
  • Rev 1:10 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 28:14-15
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    14There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

    15The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.

  • Acts 20:1-6
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    1Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.

    2After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,

    3where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

    4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

    5These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.

    6We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

  • Acts 21:1-3
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    1Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem After we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, and sailing a straight course, we came to Cos, on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

    2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.

    3After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

  • Acts 21:10-17
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    10While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

    11He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said,“The Holy Spirit says this:‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

    12When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

    13Then Paul replied,“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

    14Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except,“The Lord’s will be done.”

    15After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

    16Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay.

    17When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.

  • Acts 21:5-8
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    5When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,

    6we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.

    7We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

    8On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

  • Acts 14:28
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    28So they spent considerable time with the disciples.

  • Acts 19:1
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    1Disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there

  • Acts 19:30
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    30But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.

  • Acts 20:13-16
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    13The Voyage to Miletus We went on ahead to the ship and put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. He himself was intending to go there by land.

    14When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.

    15We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.

    16For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so as not to spend time in the province of Asia, for he was hurrying to arrive in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

  • Acts 19:21
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    21A Riot in Ephesus Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said,“After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

  • Acts 28:12
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    12We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.

  • Acts 18:20-21
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    20When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,

    21but said farewell to them and added,“I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

  • Acts 11:12
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    12The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

  • Acts 16:10-13
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    10After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

    11Arrival at Philippi We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,

    12and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.

    13On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

  • Acts 20:22
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    22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

  • Acts 13:13
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    13Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch Then Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 27:2
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    2We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.

  • Acts 16:16
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    16Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

  • Acts 14:20-21
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    20But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

    21Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.

  • Acts 17:14
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    14Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

  • Acts 16:7
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    7When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this,

  • Acts 24:11
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    11As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • Acts 15:36
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    36Paul and Barnabas Part Company After some days Paul said to Barnabas,“Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”

  • Acts 23:11
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    11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”