Acts 21:12-20

¹²Well, when we heard these things, both we and the local residents, we pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.

¹³But Paul answered: “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

¹⁴When he would not be dissuaded, we stopped, saying, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”

¹⁵So after those days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁶Some 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 lodge.

¹⁷And when we arrived in Jerusalem the brothers received us gladly.

¹⁸The next day Paul, with us, went to see James, and all the elders were present.

¹⁹After greeting them he reported one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

²⁰But after listening they ‘glorified’ the Lord by saying to him: “You see, brother, how many tens of thousands are the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;