Acts 21:18

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

King James Version (1611)
And the day following Paul went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the Elders were present.

King James Version
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

English Standard Version
On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

New American Standard Bible
And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

New Century Version
The next day Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were there.

Amplified Bible
On the next day Paul went with us to [see] James, and all the elders of the church were present.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

Berean Standard Bible
The next day, Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.

Contemporary English Version
Paul went with us to see James the next day, and all the church leaders were present.

Complete Jewish Bible
The next day Sha'ul and the rest of us went in to Ya‘akov, and all the elders were present.

Darby Translation
And on the morrow Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came there.

Easy-to-Read Version
The next day Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were there.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the next day Paul went in with vs vnto Iames: and all the Elders were there assembled.

George Lamsa Translation
And the next day when all the elders were present we went in with Paul unto James.

Good News Translation
The next day Paul went with us to see James; and all the church elders were present.

Lexham English Bible
And on the next day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

Literal Translation
And on the next day , Paul went in with us to James. And all the elders came.

American Standard Version
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

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

Hebrew Names Version
The day following, Sha'ul went in with us to Ya`akov; and all the Zakenim were present.

International Standard Version
The next day Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were present.Acts 15:13; Galatians 1:19; 2:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the day following we entered with Paulos to Jakub, while all the presbyters were with him.

Murdock Translation
And the next day, with Paul, we went unto James, when all the Elders were with him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And on the morowe, Paule went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the elders came together.

English Revised Version
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

World English Bible
The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the next day, Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

Weymouth's New Testament
On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the Elders of the Church came also.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And in the dai suynge Poul entride with vs to James, and alle the eldre men weren gaderid.

Update Bible Version
And the day following Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the [day] following Paul went in with us to James: and all the elders were present.

New English Translation
The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

New King James Version
On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

New Living Translation
The next day Paul went with us to meet with James, and all the elders of the Jerusalem church were present.

New Life Bible
The next day we went with Paul to see James. All the church leaders came also.

New Revised Standard
The next day Paul went with us to visit James; and all the elders were present.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, on the next day, Paul went in with us unto James, and, all the elders, were present.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the day following, Paul went in with us unto James: and all the ancients were assembled.

Revised Standard Version
On the following day Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And on the morowe Paul wet in with vs vnto Iames. And all the elders came to geder.

Young's Literal Translation
and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But on the nexte daye Paul wente in with vs vnto Iames, and all the Elders came together.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the next day Paul went with us to James, where all the pastors assembled.

Simplified Cowboy Version
After a good night's rest, we went the next day with Paul to meet with James and all the other range bosses at the church in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵It wasn't long before we had our luggage together and were on our way to Jerusalem. Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and took us to the home of Mnason, who received us warmly as his guests. A native of Cyprus, he had been among the earliest disciples. ¹⁷In Jerusalem, our friends, glad to see us, received us with open arms. The first thing next morning, we took Paul to see James. All the church leaders were there. After a time of greeting and small talk, Paul told the story, detail by detail, of what God had done among the non-Jewish people through his ministry. They listened with delight and gave God the glory. ²⁰They had a story to tell, too: "And just look at what's been happening here—thousands upon thousands of God-fearing Jews have become believers in Jesus! But there's also a problem because they are more zealous than ever in observing the laws of Moses. They've been told that you advise believing Jews who live surrounded by unbelieving outsiders to go light on Moses, telling them that they don't need to circumcise their children or keep up the old traditions. This isn't sitting at all well with them. ²²"We're worried about what will happen when they discover you're in town. There's bound to be trouble. So here is what we want you to do: There are four men from our company who have taken a vow involving ritual purification, but have no money to pay the expenses. Join these men in their vows and pay their expenses. Then it will become obvious to everyone that there is nothing to the rumors going around about you and that you are in fact scrupulous in your reverence for the laws of Moses. ²⁵ "In asking you to do this, we're not going back on our agreement regarding non-Jews who have become believers. We continue to hold fast to what we wrote in that letter, namely, to be careful not to get involved in activities connected with idols; to avoid serving food offensive to Jewish Christians; to guard the morality of sex and marriage." ²⁶ So Paul did it—took the men, joined them in their vows, and paid their way. The next day he went to the Temple to make it official and stay there until the proper sacrifices had been offered and completed for each of them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: Acts 15:13, Matthew 10:2, Galatians 1:19, Galatians 2:9, James 1:1

all: Acts 15:2, Acts 15:6, Acts 15:23, Acts 20:17

Reciprocal: Matthew 10:3 - James Mark 3:18 - James Acts 12:17 - James Acts 24:11 - but Galatians 2:12 - certain 1 Peter 5:1 - elders

Cross-References

Genesis 17:20
"And Ishmael? Yes, I heard your prayer for him. I'll also bless him; I'll make sure he has plenty of children—a huge family. He'll father twelve princes; I'll make him a great nation. But I'll establish my covenant with Isaac whom Sarah will give you about this time next year."

Genesis 21:29
Abimelech said, "What does this mean? These seven sheep you've set aside."

Genesis 21:31
That's how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there. After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, left and went back to Philistine territory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the day following,.... After they were come into Jerusalem:

Paul went in with us to James; not the son of Zebedee and brother of John, for he was killed by Herod some years ago; but James the son of Alphaeus, and brother of our Lord, who presided over this church; it seems there were no other apostles now at Jerusalem, but they were all dispersed abroad that were living, preaching the Gospel in the several parts of the world: Paul took the first opportunity Of paying a visit to James, very likely at his own house, to give him an account of his success among the Gentiles, and to know the state of the church at Jerusalem, and confer with him about what might be most proper and serviceable to promote the interest of Christ; and he took with him those who had been companions with him in his travels, partly to show respect to James, and partly to be witnesses of what he should relate unto him:

and all the elders were present: by whom are meant, not the ancient private members of the church, but the ministers of the word in this church: who hearing of the coming of the apostle, and of his visit to James, assembled together to see him, and converse with him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto James - James the Less. See the notes on Acts 15:13. He resided at Jerusalem. Compare Galatians 1:19. It is not improbable that he was the only one of the apostles then at Jerusalem; and there is reason to believe that the church at Jerusalem was left under his particular care. It was natural, therefore, that Paul and his companions should take an early opportunity to see him. James was the cousin of our Lord, and in Galatians 1:19 he is called the Lord’s brother. On all accounts, therefore, he was entitled to, and would receive, particular respect from the early disciples.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 21:18. Went in with us unto James — This was James the Less, son of Mary; and cousin to our Lord. He appears to have been bishop of the Church in Jerusalem, and perhaps the only apostle who continued in that city. We have already seen what a very important character he sustained in the council. See Acts 15:13.

All the elders were present. — It appears that they had been convened about matters of serious and important moment; and some think it was relative to Paul himself, of whose arrival they had heard, and well knew how many of those that believed were disaffected towards him.