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Acts 21:12

upon hearing this, we and some of the city intreated him not to go to Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Disobedience to God;   Luke;   Paul;   Prudence;   Rashness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Luke;   Philip;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Jerusalem;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Luke-Acts, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Syrian Christians;   Worship of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Agabus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caesarea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Paul;   Philip the Evangelist;   Unity;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - brethren of the lord;   lord, brethren of the;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
When we heard this, we all began telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.
Darby Translation
And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place besought [him] not to go up to Jerusalem.
New King James Version
Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Christian Standard Bible®
When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
World English Bible
When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of the place, besought him, not to go up to Jerusalem.
Weymouth's New Testament
As soon as we heard these words, both we and the brethren at Caesarea entreated Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place, besought him not to goe vp to Hierusalem.
Literal Translation
And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan we herhe this, both we and they that were of the same place, besoughte him, that he wolde not go vp to Ierusalem.
THE MESSAGE
When we heard that, we and everyone there that day begged Paul not to be stubborn and persist in going to Jerusalem. But Paul wouldn't budge: "Why all this hysteria? Why do you insist on making a scene and making it even harder for me? You're looking at this backward. The issue in Jerusalem is not what they do to me, whether arrest or murder, but what the Master Jesus does through my obedience. Can't you see that?"
Amplified Bible
Now when we had heard this, both we and the local residents began pleading with Paul trying to persuade him not to go up to Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
When we heard this, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When we hearde this both we and other of the same place besought him that he wolde not goo vp to Ierusalem.
Update Bible Version
And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place implored him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And when we heard these things, we called upon [him] -- both we, and those of that place -- not to go up to Jerusalem,
New Century Version
When we all heard this, we and the people there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
New English Translation
When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
After Agabus said this, we and the followers living there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
When we heard this, both we and the people there begged him not to go up to Yerushalayim;
English Standard Version
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when we had heard these things, both we and other of the same place besought him that he would not go vp to Hierusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And when we had heard these words, both we and the natives of the place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Yerushalayim.
International Standard Version
When we heard this, we and the people who lived there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Etheridge Translation
And when we heard these words, we and the sons of the place entreated of him not to go unto Urishlem.
Murdock Translation
And when we heard these words, we and the residents of the place begged of him, that he would not go to Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
When we heard this, we and the local believers all begged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
When we heard this, we and all the people living there begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when we heard these things, both, we, and they of the place began beseeching him, not to go up unto Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Which when we had heard, both we and they that were of that place desired him that he would not go up to Jerusalem.
King James Version
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
And when we heard these things, both we and the local residents urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when we hearde these thynges, both we and other whiche were of the same place, besought him that he would not go vp to Hierusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
When we heard this, we and the other followers there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
When we heard this, we and the others there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which thing whanne we herden, we preieden, and thei that weren of that place, that he schulde not go vp to Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

8 on the morrow we set out, and arriv'd at Cesarea, and went to the house of Philip the evangelist, with whom we lodg'd: 9 he was one of the seven deacons, and had four daughters all virgins, prophetesses. 10 after we had been there several days, a prophet arriv'd from Judea, one Agabus, who made us a visit. 11 when taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "thus saith the holy spirit, so shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, that owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles." 12 upon hearing this, we and some of the city intreated him not to go to Jerusalem. 13 but Paul replied, what do you mean by afflicting me thus with your tears? I am not only ready to meet my chains, but even to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. 14 he being then inflexible, we desisted, saying, the will of the Lord be done.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

besought: Acts 21:4, Acts 20:22, Matthew 16:21-23

Reciprocal: John 11:8 - the Jews Acts 19:31 - desiring

Cross-References

Hebrews 11:18
of whom it was said, "only the descendants of Isaac shall be counted your posterity:"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when we heard these things,.... These prophecies, concerning the binding of the apostle by the Jews, and the delivery of him to the Romans, and saw the symbolical representations of these things:

both we; the companions of the apostle, Luke and the rest:

and they of that place; of Caesarea, Philip and his daughters, and the disciples that lived there:

besought him not to go up to Jerusalem; which was an instance of weakness in them, though an expression of their affection to the apostle; in the disciples of Caesarea it might arise from pure love to him, and a concern for his safety, and the continuance of his useful life; and in his companions it might be owing partly to their sincere love to him, and partly to the fear of danger which they themselves might conclude they should be exposed to; and this request was made with tears, as is evident from what follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 21:12. Besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. — For they all understood the prophecy to be conditional and contingent; and that it was in Paul's power to turn the scale.


 
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