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Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
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When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolema'is; and we greeted the brethren and stayed with them for one day.
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On the morrow we departed and came to Caesare'a; and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
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And he had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
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While we were staying for some days, a prophet named Ag'abus came down from Judea.
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And coming to us he took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
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When we heard this, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
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And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "The will of the Lord be done."
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After these days we made ready and went up to Jerusalem.
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And some of the disciples from Caesare'a went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
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When we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
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On the following day Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
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After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed; they are all zealous for the law,
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and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.
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What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.
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Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow;
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take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you but that you yourself live in observance of the law.
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But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity."
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Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself with them and went into the temple, to give notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for every one of them.