Focused Passage

Acts 21:7-14

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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7When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

8Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.

9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

10After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

11Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

12When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

13Then 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.”

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

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Verse 7

Original words

[When]δὲG1161Conjunctionwe had finishedδιανύσαντεςG1274Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural[our]τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularvoyageπλοῦνG4144Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularfromἀπὸG575PrepositionTyreΤύρουG5184Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularweἩμεῖςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person PlurallandedκατηντήσαμενG2658Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralatεἰςG1519PrepositionPtolemaisΠτολεμαΐδαG4424Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[where]καὶG2532Conjunctionwe greetedἀσπασάμενοιG782Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine PluraltheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralbrothersἀδελφοὺςG80Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural[and] stayedἐμείναμενG3306Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Pluralwithπαρ’G3844PrepositionthemαὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Pluralfor aμίανG1520Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingulardayἡμέρανG2250Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 8

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionLeavingἐξελθόντεςG1831Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluraltheΤῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularnext dayἐπαύριονG1887Adverbwe went onἤλθομενG2064Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluraltoεἰςG1519PrepositionCaesareaΚαισάρειανG2542Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvεἰσελθόντεςG1525Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralstayedἐμείναμενG3306Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural-παρ’G3844Preposition-αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularatεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularhomeοἶκονG3624Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularof PhilipΦιλίππουG5376Noun - Genitive Masculine SingulartheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularevangelistεὐαγγελιστοῦG2099Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularwho wasὄντοςG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular[one] ofἐκG1537PrepositiontheτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralSevenἑπτὰG2033Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural

BSB notes

  • See Acts 6:5.
Verse 9

Original words

-δὲG1161Conjunction[He]τούτῳG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine SingularhadἦσανG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralfourτέσσαρεςG5064Adjective - Nominative Feminine PluralunmarriedπαρθένοιG3933Noun - Nominative Feminine PluraldaughtersθυγατέρεςG2364Noun - Nominative Feminine Pluralwho prophesiedπροφητεύουσαιG4395Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural
Verse 10

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AfterδὲG1161Conjunctionwe had been thereἘπιμενόντωνG1961Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine PluralseveralπλείουςG4119Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural - ComparativedaysἡμέραςG2250Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralaτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularprophetπροφήτηςG4396Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularnamedὀνόματιG3686Noun - Dative Neuter SingularAgabusἍγαβοςG13Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularcame downκατῆλθένG2718Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularfromἀπὸG575Preposition-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularJudeaἸουδαίαςG2449Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 11

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionComing overἐλθὼνG2064Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingulartoπρὸςG4314PrepositionusἡμᾶςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural-καὶG2532Conjunctionhe tookἄραςG142Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularPaul’sΠαύλουG3972Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularbeltζώνηνG2223Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularboundδήσαςG1210Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularhisἑαυτοῦG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular[own]τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralfeetπόδαςG4228Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction-τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine PluralhandsχεῖραςG5495Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural[and] saidεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-ΤάδεG3592Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralTheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter Singular-τὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularHolyἍγιονG40Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεῦμαG4151Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularsaysλέγειG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularIn this wayοὕτωςG3779AdverbtheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralJewsἸουδαῖοιG2453Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralofἐνG1722PrepositionJerusalemἸερουσαλὴμG2419Noun - Dative Feminine Singularwill bindδήσουσινG1210Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluraltheΤὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Singularowner ofἄνδραG435Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular. . .οὗG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular. . .ἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularthisαὕτηG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularbeltζώνηG2223Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionhand [him] overπαραδώσουσινG3860Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural. . .εἰςG1519Preposition. . .χεῖραςG5495Noun - Accusative Feminine Pluralto [the] GentilesἐθνῶνG1484Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Verse 12

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionWhenὡςG5613Adverbwe heardἠκούσαμενG191Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralthisταῦταG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural-τεG5037ConjunctionweἡμεῖςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionthe [people]οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralthereἐντόπιοιG1786Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralpleaded withπαρεκαλοῦμενG3870Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural[Paul]αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularnotμὴG3361Adverb-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Singularto go upἀναβαίνεινG305Verb - Present Infinitive ActivetoεἰςG1519PrepositionJerusalemἸερουσαλήμG2419Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 13

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ThenΤότεG5119Adverb-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularPaulΠαῦλοςG3972Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularansweredἀπεκρίθηG611Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person SingularWhyΤίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singularare youποιεῖτεG4160Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralweepingκλαίοντεςG2799Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionbreakingσυνθρύπτοντέςG4919Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralmyμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularheartκαρδίανG2588Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-γὰρG1063ConjunctionIἐγὼG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person SingularamἔχωG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularreadyἑτοίμωςG2093AdverbnotοὐG3756AdverbonlyμόνονG3440Adverbto be boundδεθῆναιG1210Verb - Aorist Infinitive PassivebutἀλλὰG235ConjunctionalsoκαὶG2532Conjunctionto dieἀποθανεῖνG599Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveinεἰςG1519PrepositionJerusalemἸερουσαλὴμG2419Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularforὑπὲρG5228PrepositiontheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularnameὀνόματοςG3686Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularLordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 14

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[When]δὲG1161ConjunctionheαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularvvvμὴG3361Adverbwould not be dissuadedπειθομένουG3982Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singularwe quieted downἡσυχάσαμενG2270Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural[and] saidεἰπόντεςG2036Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralTheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularvvvΤοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularLord’sΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularwillθέλημαG2307Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularbe doneγινέσθωG1096Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular

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