Acts:21:11-33
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And when he was come unto us ,
he took Paul '
s girdle ,
and bound his own hands and feet ,
and said ,
Thus saith the Holy Ghost ,
So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle ,
and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles .
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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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Then Paul answered ,
What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart ?
for I am ready not to be bound only ,
but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus .
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And when he would not be persuaded ,
we ceased ,
saying ,
The will of the Lord be done .
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And after those days we took up our carriages ,
and went up to Jerusalem .
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There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea ,
and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus ,
an old disciple ,
with whom we should lodge .
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And when we were come to Jerusalem ,
the brethren received us gladly .
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And the day following Paul went in with us unto James ;
and all the elders were present .
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And when he had saluted them ,
he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry .
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And when they heard it ,
they glorified the Lord ,
and said unto him ,
Thou seest ,
brother ,
how many thousands of Jews there are which believe ;
and they are all zealous of the law :
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And they are informed of thee ,
that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses ,
saying that they ought not to circumcise their children ,
neither to walk after the customs .
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What is it therefore ?
the multitude must needs come together :
for they will hear that thou art come .
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Do therefore this that we say to thee :
We have four men which have a vow on them ;
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Them take ,
and purify thyself with them ,
and be at charges with them ,
that they may shave their heads :
and all may know that those things ,
whereof they were informed concerning thee ,
are nothing ;
but that thou thyself also walkest orderly ,
and keepest the law .
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As touching the Gentiles which believe ,
we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing ,
save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols ,
and from blood ,
and from strangled ,
and from fornication .
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Then Paul took the men ,
and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple ,
to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification ,
until that an offering should be offered for every one of them .
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And when the seven days were almost ended ,
the Jews which were of Asia ,
when they saw him in the temple ,
stirred up all the people ,
and laid hands on him ,
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Crying out ,
Men of Israel ,
help :
This is the man ,
that teacheth all men every where against the people ,
and the law ,
and this place :
and further brought Greeks also into the temple ,
and hath polluted this holy place .
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For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian ,
whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple .)
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And all the city was moved ,
and the people ran together :
and they took Paul ,
and drew him out of the temple :
and forthwith the doors were shut .
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And as they went about to kill him ,
tidings came unto the chief captain of the band ,
that all Jerusalem was in an uproar .
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Who immediately took soldiers and centurions ,
and ran down unto them :
and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers ,
they left beating of Paul .
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Then the chief captain came near ,
and took him ,
and commanded him to be bound with two chains ;
and demanded who he was ,
and what he had done .