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New King James Version

Acts 21:15

And after those days we packed and went up to Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Luke;   Paul;   Rashness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carriage;   Luke;   Philip;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Luke-Acts, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Syrian Christians;   Worship of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Carriage;   John;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Carriages;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Carriage;   Ephesians, Book of;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Carriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Clothes;   Luke (2);   Paul;   Roads and Travel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Carriage;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Carriages;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baggage;   Carriage;   Mnason;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After this we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
And after those dayes we tooke vp our cariages, & went vp to Hierusalem.
King James Version
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
After these days we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem.
New Century Version
After this, we got ready and started on our way to Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
After this we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
After these days we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now after these days we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
Then we got ready to go to Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
So at the end of our stay, we packed and went up to Yerushalayim;
Darby Translation
And after these days, having got our effects ready, we went up to Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
After this, we got ready and left for Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And after those dayes we trussed vp our fardels, and went vp to Hierusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
After those days, we made our preparations and went up to Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
After spending some time there, we got our things ready and left for Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
So after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And after these days, having made ready, we went up to Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Yerushalayim.
International Standard Version
After those days, we got ready to go up to Jerusalem.
Etheridge Translation
And after those days we prepared and went up to Urishlem.
Murdock Translation
And after those days, we prepared ourselves and went up to Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And after those dayes, we toke vp our burthens, and went vp to Hierusalem.
English Revised Version
And after these days we took up our baggage, and went up to Jerusalem.
World English Bible
After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And after these days, we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
Weymouth's New Testament
A few days afterwards we loaded our baggage-cattle and continued our journey to Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And aftir these daies we weren maad redi, and wenten vp to Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
And after those days we took up our furniture, and went up to Jerusalem.
New English Translation
After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
After this we packed our things and left for Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
After this, we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
After these days we got ready and started to go up to Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, after these days, making ready what we had, we started to go up unto Jerusalem;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And after those days, being prepared, we went up to Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
After these days we made ready and went up to Jerusalem.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
After those dayes we made oure selfes redy and went vp to Ierusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And after these days, having taken [our] vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And after those dayes we were ready, & wente vp to Ierusalem:
Mace New Testament (1729)
after this we prepar'd for our journey to Jerusalem.
THE MESSAGE
It wasn't long before we had our luggage together and were on our way to Jerusalem. Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and took us to the home of Mnason, who received us warmly as his guests. A native of Cyprus, he had been among the earliest disciples.
Simplified Cowboy Version
We packed up our gear and headed for Jerusalem then.

Contextual Overview

15 And after those days we packed and went up to Jerusalem. 16 Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge. 17 And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. 19 When he had greeted them, he told in detail those things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law; 21 but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. 22 What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will [fn] hear that you have come. 23 Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow. 24 Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and went: Acts 18:22, Acts 25:1, Acts 25:6, Acts 25:9

Cross-References

Genesis 21:1
Hebrews 11:11">[xr] And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him--whom Sarah bore to him--Isaac.
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:22
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
Genesis 21:25
Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had seized.
2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched on that roundabout route seven days; and there was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
Psalms 63:1
O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
Isaiah 44:12
The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals, Fashions it with hammers, And works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint.
Jeremiah 14:3
Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And after those days we took up our carriages,.... Or prepared themselves, both for their journey, and for whatever trials and exercises they were to meet with; they took up their bundles, which hitherto were brought by sea, and now put them upon beasts, going by land from Caesarea:

and went up to Jerusalem; which stood on higher ground, and was, as Josephus n says, six hundred furlongs, or seventy five miles distant.

n De Bello Jud. l. 1. c. 3. sect. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After those days - After what had occurred, as related in the previous verses.

We took up our carriages - This is a most unhappy translation. The word carriage we apply now exclusively to a vehicle for conveying anything as a coach, chariot, gig, cannon carriage, etc. The original word means simply that they prepared themselves; made themselves ready; put their baggage in order, etc. ἀποσκευασάμενοι aposkeuasamenoi. They prepared for the journey. The English word carriage was formerly used in the sense of what is carried, baggage, burden, vessels, furniture, etc. Thus, it was used in the time that our translation was made; and in this sense it is to be understood in 1 Samuel 17:22, “And David left his carriage (baggage) in the hand of the keeper of the carriage,” etc. See Acts 21:20, margin; Isaiah 10:28, “At Michmash he hath laid up his carriages” (his baggage, etc.).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 21:15. Took up our carriages — αποσκευασαμενοι; We made ourselves ready; packed up our things; got our baggage in order. This is what the text means.


 
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