Acts 21:18

Bible in Basic English

And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

King James Version (1611)
And the day following Paul went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the Elders were present.

King James Version
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

English Standard Version
On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

New American Standard Bible
And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

New Century Version
The next day Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were there.

Amplified Bible
On the next day Paul went with us to [see] James, and all the elders of the church were present.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

Berean Standard Bible
The next day, Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.

Contemporary English Version
Paul went with us to see James the next day, and all the church leaders were present.

Complete Jewish Bible
The next day Sha'ul and the rest of us went in to Ya‘akov, and all the elders were present.

Darby Translation
And on the morrow Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came there.

Easy-to-Read Version
The next day Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were there.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the next day Paul went in with vs vnto Iames: and all the Elders were there assembled.

George Lamsa Translation
And the next day when all the elders were present we went in with Paul unto James.

Good News Translation
The next day Paul went with us to see James; and all the church elders were present.

Lexham English Bible
And on the next day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

Literal Translation
And on the next day , Paul went in with us to James. And all the elders came.

American Standard Version
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

Hebrew Names Version
The day following, Sha'ul went in with us to Ya`akov; and all the Zakenim were present.

International Standard Version
The next day Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were present.Acts 15:13; Galatians 1:19; 2:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the day following we entered with Paulos to Jakub, while all the presbyters were with him.

Murdock Translation
And the next day, with Paul, we went unto James, when all the Elders were with him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And on the morowe, Paule went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the elders came together.

English Revised Version
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

World English Bible
The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the next day, Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

Weymouth's New Testament
On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the Elders of the Church came also.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And in the dai suynge Poul entride with vs to James, and alle the eldre men weren gaderid.

Update Bible Version
And the day following Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the [day] following Paul went in with us to James: and all the elders were present.

New English Translation
The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

New King James Version
On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

New Living Translation
The next day Paul went with us to meet with James, and all the elders of the Jerusalem church were present.

New Life Bible
The next day we went with Paul to see James. All the church leaders came also.

New Revised Standard
The next day Paul went with us to visit James; and all the elders were present.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, on the next day, Paul went in with us unto James, and, all the elders, were present.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the day following, Paul went in with us unto James: and all the ancients were assembled.

Revised Standard Version
On the following day Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And on the morowe Paul wet in with vs vnto Iames. And all the elders came to geder.

Young's Literal Translation
and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But on the nexte daye Paul wente in with vs vnto Iames, and all the Elders came together.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the next day Paul went with us to James, where all the pastors assembled.

Simplified Cowboy Version
After a good night's rest, we went the next day with Paul to meet with James and all the other range bosses at the church in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁶ And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living. ¹⁷ And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us. ¹⁸ And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present. ¹⁹ And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles. ²⁰ And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law: ²¹ And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules. ²² What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come. ²³ Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath; ²⁴ Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: Acts 15:13, Matthew 10:2, Galatians 1:19, Galatians 2:9, James 1:1

all: Acts 15:2, Acts 15:6, Acts 15:23, Acts 20:17

Reciprocal: Matthew 10:3 - James Mark 3:18 - James Acts 12:17 - James Acts 24:11 - but Galatians 2:12 - certain 1 Peter 5:1 - elders

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:12
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

Genesis 21:13
And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.

Genesis 21:18
Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.

Genesis 21:29
Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

Genesis 21:31
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the day following,.... After they were come into Jerusalem:

Paul went in with us to James; not the son of Zebedee and brother of John, for he was killed by Herod some years ago; but James the son of Alphaeus, and brother of our Lord, who presided over this church; it seems there were no other apostles now at Jerusalem, but they were all dispersed abroad that were living, preaching the Gospel in the several parts of the world: Paul took the first opportunity Of paying a visit to James, very likely at his own house, to give him an account of his success among the Gentiles, and to know the state of the church at Jerusalem, and confer with him about what might be most proper and serviceable to promote the interest of Christ; and he took with him those who had been companions with him in his travels, partly to show respect to James, and partly to be witnesses of what he should relate unto him:

and all the elders were present: by whom are meant, not the ancient private members of the church, but the ministers of the word in this church: who hearing of the coming of the apostle, and of his visit to James, assembled together to see him, and converse with him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto James - James the Less. See the notes on Acts 15:13. He resided at Jerusalem. Compare Galatians 1:19. It is not improbable that he was the only one of the apostles then at Jerusalem; and there is reason to believe that the church at Jerusalem was left under his particular care. It was natural, therefore, that Paul and his companions should take an early opportunity to see him. James was the cousin of our Lord, and in Galatians 1:19 he is called the Lord’s brother. On all accounts, therefore, he was entitled to, and would receive, particular respect from the early disciples.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 21:18. Went in with us unto James — This was James the Less, son of Mary; and cousin to our Lord. He appears to have been bishop of the Church in Jerusalem, and perhaps the only apostle who continued in that city. We have already seen what a very important character he sustained in the council. See Acts 15:13.

All the elders were present. — It appears that they had been convened about matters of serious and important moment; and some think it was relative to Paul himself, of whose arrival they had heard, and well knew how many of those that believed were disaffected towards him.