Text: Acts 21:1-26<\/p>\n
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I. Paul and his companions left Miletus and continued their journey by boat.<\/p>\n A. The ship continued its course along the Asian coast until they reached Pataca\nwhere they found a ship sailing directly to Tyre.\n
B. They spent a week in Tyre visiting with the brethren there<\/p>\n 1. Warnings continued from the Spirit that Paul should not set foot in\nJerusalem\n C. When it came time to depart all the brethren saw them off, including the women\nand children.\n
1. After a prayer on the beach, they made their final farewells.<\/p>\n D. The boat went to Ptolemais, where it stayed for a day allowing them to greet the\nbrethren in that town\n
II. Their final stop was Caesarea<\/p>\n
A. Here they stayed with Philip.<\/p>\n
1. This is the same Philip we read about earlier in Acts 6 and 8. <\/p>\n
2. He was one of the first seven deacons and he know is an evangelist.<\/p>\n
3. He has been in Caesarea now for about 20 years.<\/p>\n
4. Four of his daughters had the gift of prophecy<\/p>\n
B. While there, the prophet Agabus came down from Jerusalem<\/p>\n
1. He took Paul’s belt and used it to bind his hands and feet.<\/p>\n 2. He announced that the Holy Spirit stated that Paul would be bound in\nJerusalem and then be handed over to the Gentiles.\n
C. Everyone tried to convince Paul not to go<\/p>\n
1. Paul said they were making things hard on him.<\/p>\n 2. He was willing and able to be bound or even die in Jerusalem if the need\narose if it did the will of Jesus.\n 3. Since they could not dissuade Paul, they said, “The will of the Lord be\ndone!”\n
III. The journey from Caesarea to Jerusalem had to be done on foot.<\/p>\n
A. Some of the disciples from Caesarea joined them on their journey<\/p>\n
B. They stayed overnight in the house of Mnason, a native of Cyprus.<\/p>\n
C. The next day saw them entering Jerusalem.<\/p>\n D. Paul met with elders of Jerusalem and gave them a report of all that happened\namong the Gentiles\n
1. The news brought them joy, but they had some concerns<\/p>\n 2. The rumor had reached Jerusalem that Paul was teaching Jewish converts\nto forsake the law of Moses\n
a. There were tens of thousand of Jewish believers in Jerusalem <\/p>\n
b. But they still zealously keep the old Law.<\/p>\n c. It angered them that Paul taught the Jews to leave their customs\nbehinds, such as circumcising their children.\n 3. The elders were worried that a scene might take place when these Jewish\nbelievers hear that Paul was in Jerusalem.\n 4. They suggested that Paul participate in a Jewish rite – the completion of a\nNazarite vow.\n
a. Generally, a Jewish man served as sponsor, paying their expenses.<\/p>\n b. Paul will take them to the temple and be with them when their\nheads are shaved.\n c. This will show that Paul is not a rebel and still keeps the customs\nof the Law.\n 5. This was not to be construed that they thought the Gentiles should keep\nthe Law, just the Jews\n a. For the Gentiles, they still abide by the letter sent many years\nbefore.\n 6. Paul consented to do this and took the men for the seven days it took to\ncomplete the purification.\n a. Paul did not believe it was necessary to follow the Old Covenant\npractices.\n b. But he also was willing to go along if those practices did not\nviolate the New Covenant. – I Corinthians 9:19-21\n
c. Nothing asked of him broke New Testament principles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tActs of the Apostles\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paul’s Return to Jerusalem Text: Acts 21:1-26 I. Paul and his companions left Miletus and continued their journey by boat. A. The ship continued its course along the Asian coast until they reached Pataca where they found a ship sailing directly to Tyre. B. They spent a week in Tyre visiting with the brethren there 1. Warnings continued…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10021,"menu_order":35,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10213,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/pauls-continued-travel\/","url_meta":{"origin":10219,"position":0},"title":"Paul\u2019s Continued Travel","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul\u2019s Continued Travel Text: Acts 20:1-15 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After the riot in Ephesus had settled down, Paul took leave of the brethren and traveled to Macedonia, which would have included the congregations of Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He then traveled down to Greece \u2013 most likely Corinth \u2013 where he spent\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38349,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ezekiel\/judgment-on-tyre\/","url_meta":{"origin":10219,"position":1},"title":"Judgment on Tyre","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Judgment on Tyre Text: Ezekiel 26-28 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We jump ahead in time once again \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is now the first of an unspecified month in the eleventh year \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Some speculate that it is the first of the month after Jerusalem fell, but there is no supporting proof. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0However, it does mention\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10021,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/","url_meta":{"origin":10219,"position":2},"title":"Acts of the Apostles","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 19, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Acts of the Apostles by Jeffrey W. 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