Acts 21:15
in Acts 21After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
KJV
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
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This verse in Acts 21
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAnd 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 (n) says, six hundred furlongs, or seventy five miles distant. (n) De Bello Jud. l. 1. c. 3. sect. 5.
This site's exposition
packed up and went on
on Acts 21:15-16
Some disciples from Caesarea took the company to the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple. He was perhaps converted as early as the scattering after the death of Stephen. His house gave Paul safe lodging in a hostile city.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"And after these days," it says, "having taken up our baggage" - i.e. having received the supplies necessary for the journey - "we went up to Jerusalem. And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing us to one with whom we should lodge, one Mnason, an ancient disciple of Cyprus." "Bringing us," it says, "to him with whom we should lodge" - not to the church: for on the former occasion, when they went up concerning the decrees, they lodged with the Church, but now with a certain "ancient disciple." The expression shows that the preaching had been going on a long time: whence it seems to me that this writer in the Acts epitomizes the events of many years, relating only the matters of chief importance. So unwilling were they to burthen the Church, when there was another to lodge them; and so little did they stand upon their dignity.
"Having made preparations." That is, having taken things for the journey. [CHRYSOSTOM]
The Medieval Church1 voice
The word "having prepared" means "having taken everything necessary for the journey."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
We took up our carriages - Our baggage; which probably went by sea before. What they took with them now in particular was the alms they were carrying to Jerusalem, chap. xxiv, 17.
His compliance with the persuasions of the brethren there, who advised him so far to compliment the Jews as to go and purify that it might appear he was no such enemy to the Mosaic rites and ceremonies as he was reported to be,
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
After those days - After what had occurred, as related in the previous verses. We took up our carriages - This is a most unhappy translation. The word carriage we apply now exclusively to a vehicle for conveying anything as a coach, chariot, gig, cannon carriage, etc. The original word means simply that they prepared themselves; made themselves ready; put their baggage in order, etc. ἀποσκευασάμενοι aposkeuasamenoi. They prepared for the journey.
Took up our carriages - Αποσκευασαμενοι; We made ourselves ready; packed up our things; got our baggage in order. This is what the text means.
The words behind it
9 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Μετὰ | meta | After | G3326 → | 461 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| τὰς | tas | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἡμέρας | hemeras | days | G2250 → | 389 times |
| ταύτας | tautas | these | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| ἐπισκευασάμενοι | episkeuasamenoi | having packed the baggage | G643 → | |
| ἀνεβαίνομεν | anebainomen | we were ascending | G305 → | 82 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| Ἱεροσόλυμα. | hi'erosoluma | Jerusalem. | G2414 → | 62 times |
ΜετὰAfter
metaG3326 →461 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
τὰς<the>
tasG3588 →19766 times
ἡμέραςdays
hemerasG2250 →389 times
ταύταςthese
tautasG3778 →1381 times
ἐπισκευασάμενοιhaving packed the baggage
episkeuasamenoiG643 →
ἀνεβαίνομενwe were ascending
anebainomenG305 →82 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
Ἱεροσόλυμα.Jerusalem.
hi'erosolumaG2414 →62 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 18:22When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
it leads to
- Acts 8:40
But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 8:40
Through
Acts 25:6After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
it leads to
- Acts 25:10
Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
- Acts 25:17
So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
- Matthew 27:19
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
- Acts 25:10
Through
Acts 25:9But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
it leads to
- Acts 24:27
After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
- Acts 12:3
And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- Acts 25:20
Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
- Acts 24:27
Through
Acts 25:1Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
it leads to
- Acts 23:34
The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
- Acts 23:34
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. A. Alexander, Acts of the Apostles Explained; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 45; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.