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AndδὲafterΜετὰtheseταύταςdaysτὰς ἡμέραςwe got readyἐπισκευασάμενοιandwere going upἀνεβαίνομενtoεἰςJerusalem.Ἱεροσόλυμα
Acts 21:15
Study it in the app“And after these days we got ready and were going up to Jerusalem.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:15, word by word
- daysἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears- were going upἀνεβαίνομενanebainomen
go up
To go upward: up a mountain, to Jerusalem or to heaven.
Where else “anebainomen” appears- JerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHierosolyma
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Hierosolyma” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
14And when he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
15 · This verse (above)
16And some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing us to a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.
To study Acts 21 in a group
1. What it says
What does the prophet Agabus do, and what do the believers who hear him ask of Paul? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
What does Paul answer those who weep to keep him from going up to Jerusalem, and how do they react? (vv. 13-14)
3. How I live it
Paul's friends wanted to protect him, but in the end said "The Lord's will be done" (v. 14). When is it hard for you to let someone you love go?