Acts 21:14-23

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;

²¹but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to our customs.

²²What then? The assembly will certainly gather, since they will hear that you have come.

²³So do this that we say to you: There are four men with us who have taken a vow.