Acts 21:15 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 21:15

After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And 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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μετὰ	Meta	After	G3326 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	days	G2250 →
ταύτας	tautas	these	G3778 →
ἐπισκευασάμενοι	episkeuasamenoi	having packed the baggage	G643 →
ἀνεβαίνομεν	anebainomen	we were ascending	G305 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἱεροσόλυμα.	Hi'erosoluma	Jerusalem.	G2414 →

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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 18:22
When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
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 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 25:6
After 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.
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.”
Through
Acts 25:9
But 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?”
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.
Through
Acts 25:1
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
leads to
- Acts 23:34
  The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts