KJV King James Version
And the [day] following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 21:18
And the [day] following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
WEB World English Bible
The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
ASV American Standard Version
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,
Surrounding context — Acts 21
15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
16 There went with us also [certain] of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
18 And the [day] following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise [their] children, neither to walk after the customs.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
τῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἐπιούσῃG1966 · epiousato come laterεἰσῄειG1524 · eiseimito enterὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoΠαῦλοςG3972 · PaulosPaulσὺνG4862 · sunwithἡμῖνG3165 · memeπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withἸάκωβον,G2385 · IakōbosJamesπάντεςG3956 · pasallτεG5037 · teand/bothπαρεγένοντοG3854 · paraginomaito comeοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρεσβύτεροι.G4245 · presbuteroselder: Elder
Cross-references
Galatians 1:19But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.Acts 11:30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.Galatians 2:9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.Acts 15:13And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men [and] brethren, hearken unto me:Acts 15:23And they wrote [letters] by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren [send] greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:Acts 20:17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.Acts 15:6And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.Acts 12:17But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.Matthew 10:2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;Acts 15:2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.James 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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