Acts 21:12 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 21:12

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

KJV

And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

The others wept, but Paul comforted them: and he who did not fear his own trials grieved on account of their tears.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Besought him not to go up to Jerusalem - For they all understood the prophecy to be conditional and contingent; and that it was in Paul’s power to turn the scale.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὡς	hōs	When	G5613 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἠκούσαμεν	ēkousamen	we had heard	G191 →
ταῦτα,	tauta	these things,	G3778 →
παρεκαλοῦμεν	parekaloumen	were begging	G3870 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἐντόπιοι	entopioi	of that place	G1786 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἀναβαίνειν	anabainein	to go up	G305 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ.	Ierousalēm	Jerusalem.	G2419 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 21:4
We 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.
leads to
- Acts 20:22–23
  And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
- Acts 21:10–12
  After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
- Acts 20:6–7
  And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
- Matthew 10:11
  Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
Through
Acts 20:22
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
leads to
- James 4:14
  You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14
  For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
- Luke 18:31–33
  Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
- 2 Peter 1:14
  because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts