Acts 21:15

15 After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.

Acts 21:15 in Other Translations

15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.

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

15 After this we packed our things and left for Jerusalem.

15 It wasn't long before we had our luggage together and were on our way to Jerusalem.

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

Acts 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:15

And after those days we took up our carriages
Or prepared themselves, both for their journey, and for whatever trials and exercises they were to meet with; they took up their bundles, which hitherto were brought by sea, and now put them upon beasts, going by land from Caesarea:

and went up to Jerusalem;
which stood on higher ground, and was, as Josephus ^F14 says, six hundred furlongs, or seventy five miles distant.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 De Bello Jud. l. 1. c. 3. sect. 5.

Acts 21:15 In-Context

13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

15 After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.

16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples.

17 When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters received us warmly.

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 19:21