Focused Passage

Acts 21:1-6

Paul Goes to Jerusalem and Is Seized in the Temple

Paul travels resolutely toward Jerusalem despite warnings, submits to the Lord’s will, reports Gentile mission fruit to the Jerusalem leaders, participates in a temple-related purification plan, is falsely accused and seized, and receives Roman protection before addressing the crowd.

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1After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

2Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.

3After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.

4We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

6And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

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Verse 1

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vvvδὲG1161ConjunctionvvvἐγένετοG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularAfterὩςG5613Adverbwe had torn ourselves awayἀποσπασθένταςG645Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Masculine Pluralfromἀπ’G575PrepositionthemαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralweἡμᾶςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person PluralsailedἀναχθῆναιG321Verb - Aorist Infinitive PassivedirectlyεὐθυδρομήσαντεςG2113Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural. . .ἤλθομενG2064Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluraltoεἰςG1519Preposition-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularCosΚῶG2972Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandδὲG1161ConjunctiontheτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularnext [day]ἑξῆςG1836Adverbon toεἰςG1519Preposition-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularRhodesῬόδονG4499Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularand from thereκἀκεῖθενG2547ConjunctiontoεἰςG1519PrepositionPataraΠάταραG3959Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 2

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionFindingεὑρόντεςG2147Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plurala shipπλοῖονG4143Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularcrossing overδιαπερῶνG1276Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter SingulartoεἰςG1519PrepositionPhoeniciaΦοινίκηνG5403Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularwe boarded [it]ἐπιβάντεςG1910Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural[and] set sailἀνήχθημενG321Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural
Verse 3

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[After]δὲG1161ConjunctionsightingἀναφάναντεςG398Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularCyprusΚύπρονG2954Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionpassing south of itκαταλιπόντεςG2641Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural. . .αὐτὴνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular. . .εὐώνυμονG2176Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singularwe sailed onἐπλέομενG4126Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person PluraltoεἰςG1519PrepositionSyriaΣυρίανG4947Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionlandedκατήλθομενG2718Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralatεἰςG1519PrepositionTyreΤύρονG5184Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-γὰρG1063Conjunction[where]ἐκεῖσεG1566AdverbtheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularshipπλοῖονG4143Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularwasἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularto unloadἀποφορτιζόμενονG670Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular[its]τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularcargoγόμονG1117Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 4

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionWe sought outἈνευρόντεςG429Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluraltheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluraldisciplesμαθητὰςG3101Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural[in Tyre]αὐτοῦG847Adverb[and] stayed [with them]ἐπεμείναμενG1961Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralsevenἑπτάG2033Adjective - Accusative Feminine PluraldaysἡμέραςG2250Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralThroughδιὰG1223PrepositiontheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεύματοςG4151Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular[they]οἵτινεςG3748Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Pluralkept tellingἔλεγονG2036Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularPaulΠαύλῳG3972Noun - Dative Masculine SingularnotμὴG3361Adverbto go upἐπιβαίνεινG1910Verb - Present Infinitive ActivetoεἰςG1519PrepositionJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαG2414Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 5

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ButδὲG1161Conjunction-ἐγένετοG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularwhenὅτεG3753AdverbourἡμᾶςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural-τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Pluraltime [there]ἡμέραςG2250Noun - Accusative Feminine Pluralhad endedἐξαρτίσαιG1822Verb - Aorist Infinitive Activewe set outἐξελθόντεςG1831Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Pluralon our journeyἐπορευόμεθαG4198Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person PluralAll [the disciples]πάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralwithσὺνG4862Preposition[their] wivesγυναιξὶG1135Noun - Dative Feminine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionchildrenτέκνοιςG5043Noun - Dative Neuter PluralaccompaniedπροπεμπόντωνG4311Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine PluralusἡμᾶςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person PluralvvvἕωςG2193Prepositionout ofἔξωG1854PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularcityπόλεωςG4172Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionknelt downθέντεςG5087Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural. . .τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Plural. . .γόναταG1119Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralonἐπὶG1909PrepositiontheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularbeachαἰγιαλὸνG123Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularto pray [with us]προσευξάμενοιG4336Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 6

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[And] after we had said our farewellsἀπησπασάμεθαG782Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural. . .ἀλλήλουςG240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural-καὶG2532Conjunctionwe went aboardἐνέβημενG305Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural. . .εἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularshipπλοῖονG4143Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandδὲG1161ConjunctiontheyἐκεῖνοιG1565Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine PluralreturnedὑπέστρεψανG5290Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralvvvεἰςG1519PrepositionvvvτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralhomeἴδιαG2398Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural

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