Bible Strands
Acts 21:4
We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator addresses the reader while recounting the missionary party’s arrival in Tyre, where they locate local believers before continuing their journey to Jerusalem.
The words — Ἀνευρόντες (Aneurontes) translates literally to “having sought out,” and ἐπεμείναμεν (epemeinamen) means “we remained,” marking the deliberate search and extended stay among the Tyrian Christians.
The thread — This warning parallels the Spirit-compelled journey to Jerusalem in Acts 20:22 and anticipates the prophetic intervention in Acts 21:10, while Acts 21:5 records the disciples’ final prayerful send-off.
Why it lands — The text states that believers recognized a coming danger and urged Paul to abstain, requiring the reader to confront how spiritual conviction and communal concern intersect with a leader’s obedience.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
Cross-references
- Acts 20:22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
- Acts 21:10 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
- Acts 20:6 And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
- Matthew 10:11 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
- Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- Acts 19:1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
- Acts 28:14 There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
- 2 Timothy 1:17 Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.
- Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,