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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Acts 21

Chapter 21

And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

we were

20:37,38 1 Samuel 20:41,42 1 Thessalonians 2:17

and had

27:2,4 Luke 5:4 8:22

Coos

Coos, Cos, or Co, now Zia, is an island in the Aegean sea, one of those called Cyclades, near the south-west point of Asia Minor, and about fifteen miles from Halicarnassus.

And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.

finding

27:6 Jonah 1:3

Phenicia

15:3

Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

Cyprus

16 4:36 11:19 13:4 15:39 27:4

Syria

15:23,41 18:18 Judges 10:6 2 Samuel 8:6 Isaiah 7:2 Matthew 4:24 Luke 2:2

Tyre

12:20 Psalms 45:12 87:4 Isaiah 23:17,18 Matthew 11:21 Luke 10:13

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

finding

19:1 Matthew 10:11 2 Timothy 1:17

we

20:6,7 28:14 Revelation 1:10

said

10-12 20:22

And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

and they

15:3 17:10 20:38

with

Deuteronomy 29:11,12 Joshua 24:15 2 Chronicles 20:13 Nehemiah 12:43 Matthew 14:21

we kneeled

9:40 20:36 1 Kings 8:54 Psalms 95:6 Mark 1:40

And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.

taken

2 Corinthians 2:13

they

John 1:11 *Gr:; John 7:53 16:32 19:27

And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

and saluted

19 18:22 25:13 1 Samuel 10:4 13:10 Matthew 5:47 Hebrews 13:24

abode

10 28:12

And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

we that

16:10,13,16 20:6,13 27:1 28:11,16

Caesarea

8:40 9:30 10:1 18:22 23:23

Philip

6:5 8:5-13,26-40

the evangelist

Ephesians 4:11 2 Timothy 4:5

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

virgins

1 Corinthians 7:25-34,38

which

2:17 Exodus 15:20 Judges 4:4 2 Kings 22:14 Nehemiah 6:14 Joel 2:28 1 Corinthians 11:4,5 Revelation 2:20

And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

as

4,7 20:16

Agabus

11:28

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.

he took

1 Samuel 15:27,28 1 Kings 11:29-31 2 Kings 13:15-19 Jeremiah 13:1-11 19:10,11 Ezekiel 24:19-25 Hosea 12:10

Thus

13:2 16:6 20:23 28:25 Hebrews 3:7 1 Peter 1:12

So shall

33 22:25 24:27 26:29 28:20 Ephesians 3:1 4:1 6:20 2 Timothy 2:9 Hebrews 10:34

and shall

28:17 Matthew 20:18,19 27:1,2

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

besought

4 20:22 Matthew 16:21-23

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.

What

1 Samuel 15:14 Isaiah 3:15 Ezekiel 18:2 Jonah 1:6

to weep

20:37 1 Samuel 1:8 Philippians 2:26 2 Timothy 1:4

for

20:24 Romans 8:35-37 1 Corinthians 15:31 2 Corinthians 4:10-17 11:23-27 Philippians 1:20,21 Philippians 2:17 Colossians 1:24 2 Timothy 2:4-6 4:6 2 Peter 1:14 Revelation 3:10 12:11

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

The will

Genesis 43:14 1 Samuel 3:18 2 Samuel 15:25,26 2 Kings 20:19 Matthew 6:10 26:39,42 Luke 11:2 22:42

And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.

and went

18:22 25:1,6,9

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.

of the

8 10:24,48

Cyprus

3 11:19 15:39

an old

Psalms 71:17,18 92:14 Proverbs 16:31 Romans 16:7 Philemon 1:9 1 John 2:13,14

And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

the brethren

15:4 Romans 15:7 Hebrews 13:1,2 3 John 1:7,8

And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

unto

15:13 Matthew 10:2 Galatians 1:19 2:9 James 1:1

all

15:2,6,23 20:17

And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

he declared

11:4-18 14:27 15:4,12 Romans 15:18,19 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 15:10 2 Corinthians 6:1 Colossians 1:29

by

1:17 20:24 2 Corinthians 12:12

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:

they glorified

4:21 11:18 Psalms 22:23,27 72:17-19 98:1-3 Isaiah 55:10-13 66:9-14 Luke 15:3-10,32 Romans 15:6,7,9-13 Galatians 1:24 2 Thessalonians 1:10 Revelation 19:6,7

how

2:41 4:4 6:7 Matthew 13:31-33 John 12:24

thousands

Luke 12:1 *Gr:

and they

15:1,5,24 22:3 Romans 10:2 Galatians 1:14

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.

that thou

6:13,14 16:3 28:17 Romans 14:1-6 1 Corinthians 9:19-21 Galatians 5:1-6 6:12-15

What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

the multitude

15:12,22 19:32

Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;

We have

18:18 Numbers 6:2-7

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.

and purify

26 24:18 Exodus 19:10,14 Numbers 19:17-22 2 Chronicles 30:18,19 Job 1:5 41:25 John 3:25 Hebrews 9:10-14

that they

18:18 Numbers 6:5,9,13,18 Judges 13:5 16:17-19

but

1 Corinthians 9:20 Galatians 2:12

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.

we have

15:20,29

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.

Then

1 Corinthians 9:20

entered

24:18

to signify

Numbers 6:13-20

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,

the Jews

24:18

stirred

6:12 13:50 14:2,5,19 17:5,6,13 18:12 1 Kings 21:25

and laid

4:3 5:18 26:21 Luke 21:12

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.

Men

19:26-28 24:5,6

This is

21 6:13,14 24:5,6,18 26:20,21

brought

Jeremiah 7:4-15 Lamentations 1:10

(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

Trophimus

20:4 2 Timothy 4:20

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.

all

16:20-22 19:29 26:21 Matthew 2:3 21:10

and they

7:57,58 16:19 Luke 4:29 2 Corinthians 11:26

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

as

22:22 26:9,10 John 16:2 2 Corinthians 11:23-33

chief

23:17 24:7,22 25:23 John 18:12

that all

38 17:5 19:40 1 Kings 1:41 Matthew 26:5 Mark 14:2

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.

took

23:23,24

and run

23:27 24:7

beating

5:40 18:17 22:19 Isaiah 3:15

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.

be

11 12:6 20:23 22:25,29 28:20 Judges 15:13 16:8,12,21 Ephesians 6:20

and demanded

22:24 25:16 John 18:29,30

And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

some cried

19:32

know

22:30 25:26

into

37 22:24 23:10,16

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

for

Genesis 6:11,12 Psalms 55:9 58:2 Jeremiah 23:10 Habakkuk 1:2,3

For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.

7:54 22:22 Luke 23:18 John 19:15 1 Corinthians 4:13

And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

19 19:30 Matthew 10:18-20 Luke 21:15

Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

that

"This Egyptian rose A.D. 55."

5:36,37 Matthew 5:11 1 Corinthians 4:13

But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

I am

9:11,30 22:3 23:34

Cilicia

6:9 15:23,41

a citizen

16:37 22:25-29 23:27

suffer

37 1 Peter 3:15 4:15,16

And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

on

35 2 Kings 9:13

and beckoned

12:17 13:16 19:33

a great

22:2

Hebrew

6:1 26:14 Luke 23:38 John 5:2 19:13,17,20 Revelation 9:11 16:16