Acts 21

Comments Acts 21
The apostles were not only preachers of the word but followers of The Way over great distances at great personal risk. The events recorded show a vast network of ministers and congregants of elders working together and providing aid and welfare assistance in a daily ministration of Pure Religion through charity alone all over the Empire without the benefits of the legal charity provided by the benefactors of the world.
Acts 21 narrates the end of Paul's third journey and his arrival and reception in Jerusalem.
He did not go to Jerusalem because of the Leading of the Holy Spirit. But met with disciplesfor 7 days and then traveled with them and their families toward Jerusalem. In Ptolemais He saluted brethren who had likely been Jews who conformed to the Christian society according to the way of the Doctrines of Jesus.
A day later that went to Caesarea and stayed with Phillip who was one of the Seven men in Acts 6 who were elected by the people and appointed by Peter to "wait on tables". Understanding what is meant by tablesand why these Seven men were so important in the management of funds needed in a daily ministration of Pure Religion.
Followers of Christ would not eat of the tables of the temples of Rome nor the "Corban" of the Pharisees because they were a "snare" and a "stumblingblock" of recompense.
Followers of Christ, mostly Jews, were still in the temple daily rightly dividing the free bread of Christ from house to house in that daily ministration through Pure Religion. The Pharisees were also there still practicing their Corban which made the word of God to none effect and also provided free bread but like the Romans did in their temples.
If you were registered with the Pharisees you had to pay into the legal charity set up by them and Herod as the system we see in the temples of Rome and even the temple of Roma which was also set up by Herod. Both those systems because they forced the contributions of its members were opposed to that which was taught by John the Baptist at the time. Both systems that should have been for their welfare were a snare as warned by David and Paul and even Peter because the benefits were the result of covetous practices which makes men merchandise.
Audio on Acts 21:25
What does Jesus to teach, His doctrine? Eucharist, the daily bread of Christ vs the free bread of Rome and the Corban of the Pharisees and the bread of the Fathers of the earth. http://keysofthekingdom.info/KOK-220312.mp3
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Jealousy and envy breed the ways of Cain and persecution.
Paul would be persecuted as prophesied but a plan would emerge that protect Christians all over the Empire from legal persecution in the courts while he awaited trial in Rome.
There are governments of the world in which the people must pay tribute to obtain an entitlement to their free bread. They do provide tables of welfare for the people identified in scripture as dainties and the reward of unrighteousness.
There is also the Early Church which was one form of government where you offer a tithe through a network of voluntary charity. The Sacrifices of the early Church made the word of God to affect through Pure Religion not like the Corban of the Pharisees which did the opposite.
The Christian conflict with these other governments of the world gives us insight into what early Christians and the early Church would consider as work without "spots".^[1]
The Free bread of Rome was available to all the "persons" of Rome but Christians helped one another based on a righteous moral criteria visible by our works which James^[2] also says.^[3]
The phrase "received by tradition from (one’s) fathers" is from the single Greek word patroparadotos^[4]. Father [Noun] pater from a root signifying "a nourisher, protector, upholder" which includes the Fathers of the earth.
Matthew 16:26 "For what is a man profited^[5], if he shall gain^[6] the whole world, and lose his own soul^[7]? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit^[5] a man, if he shall gain^[6] the whole world, and lose his own soul^[7]?
Luke 9:25 For what is a man advantaged^[5], if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away^[8]?

Acts 21

Traveling with the Spirit

1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.

3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

A faithful family at Tyre

4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.

7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

Philip at Caesarea and the prophecy of Paul's arrest

8 ¶ And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist^[9], which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

Paul received at Jerusalem

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.

22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

Gentiles abstain from the table of idols

23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;

24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

Paul seized but permitted to speak

27 ¶ And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.

37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

↑ 784 ~ἄσπιλος~ aspilos \@as’-pee-los\@ from 1 (as a negative particle) and 4695; TDNT-1:502,85; {See TDNT 107} adj AV-without spot 3, unspotted 1; 4
1) spotless

2) metaph.
2a) free from censure, irreproachable

2b) free from vice, unsullied
↑ James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
↑ Revelation 20:12, Revelation 20:13
↑ 3970 ~πατροπαράδοτος~ patroparadotos \@pat-rop-ar-ad’-ot-os\@ from 3962 and a derivative of 3860 (in the sense of handing over or down; (3844 used to make the word 3862 tradition and ordinance) ); ; adj AV-received by tradition from (one’s) fathers 1; 1 1 Peter 1:18
1) handed down from one’s father’s or ancestors
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2
5623 ὠφελέω opheleo [o-fel-eh’-o] from the same as 5622; v; AV-profit 11, prevail 2, better 1, advantage 1; 15
1) to assist, to be useful or advantageous, to profit
- 5622 n. opheleia; 5623 opheleo v.; 5624 ophelimos adj. See also dainties of rulers, wages of unrighteousness, benefits, Corban. 3786 ophelos, ophello to accumulate benefit, advantage.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 2770 κερδαίνω kerdaino [ker-dah’-ee-no] from 2771 lucre ; v; TDNT-3:672,428; [{See TDNT 383 }] AV-gain 13, win 2, get gain 1, vr gain 1; 17
1) to gain, acquire, to get gain

2) metaph.
2a) of gain arising from shunning or escaping from evil (where we say "to spare one’s self," "be spared")

2b) to gain any one i.e. to win him over to the kingdom of God, to gain one to faith in Christ

2c) to gain Christ’s favour and fellowship
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 5590 ~ψυχή~ psuche \@psoo-khay’\@ from 5594; n f AV-soul 58, life 40, mind 3, heart 1, heartily + 1537 1, not tr 2; 105
1) breath
1a) the breath of life
1a1) the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in breathing

1a1a) of animals

1a1b) of men

1b) life

1c) that in which there is life
1c1) a living being, a living soul

2) the soul
2a) the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions (our heart, soul etc.)

2b) the (human) soul in so far as it is constituted that by the right use of the aids offered it by God it can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness, the soul regarded as a moral being designed for everlasting life

2c) the soul as an essence which differs from the body and is not dissolved by death (distinguished from other parts of the body)
↑ 2210 ζημιόω zemioo [dzay-mee-o’-o] from 2209; v; TDNT-2:888,299; [{See TDNT 285 }] AV-lose 2, suffer loss 2, be cast away 1, receive damage 1; 6
1) to affect with damage, do damage to

2) to sustain damage, to receive injury, suffer loss
↑ Philip of Acts 6:5 was born in Caesarea, Judea but died in Hierapolis, Turkey. He worked in Samaria after the martyrdom of Stephen but met and baptized an Ethiopian eunuch, on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza led there by the Spirit. Philip also lived in Caesarea Maritima with his four daughters who prophesied, where he was visited by Paul the Apostle in Acts 21:8-9. He was also in Tralles in Anatolia, where he became a bishop of that church there.

[spot-1] 784 ~ἄσπιλος~ aspilos \@as’-pee-los\@ from 1 (as a negative particle) and 4695; TDNT-1:502,85; {See TDNT 107} adj AV-without spot 3, unspotted 1; 4
1) spotless

2) metaph.
2a) free from censure, irreproachable

2b) free from vice, unsullied

[2] James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

[3] Revelation 20:12, Revelation 20:13

[patroparadotos-4] 3970 ~πατροπαράδοτος~ patroparadotos \@pat-rop-ar-ad’-ot-os\@ from 3962 and a derivative of 3860 (in the sense of handing over or down; (3844 used to make the word 3862 tradition and ordinance) ); ; adj AV-received by tradition from (one’s) fathers 1; 1 1 Peter 1:18
1) handed down from one’s father’s or ancestors

[profited-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 5623 ὠφελέω opheleo [o-fel-eh’-o] from the same as 5622; v; AV-profit 11, prevail 2, better 1, advantage 1; 15
1) to assist, to be useful or advantageous, to profit

5622 n. opheleia; 5623 opheleo v.; 5624 ophelimos adj. See also dainties of rulers, wages of unrighteousness, benefits, Corban. 3786 ophelos, ophello to accumulate benefit, advantage.

[6] 5622 n. opheleia; 5623 opheleo v.; 5624 ophelimos adj. See also dainties of rulers, wages of unrighteousness, benefits, Corban. 3786 ophelos, ophello to accumulate benefit, advantage.

[gain-6] 6.0 ^6.1 2770 κερδαίνω kerdaino [ker-dah’-ee-no] from 2771 lucre ; v; TDNT-3:672,428; [{See TDNT 383 }] AV-gain 13, win 2, get gain 1, vr gain 1; 17
1) to gain, acquire, to get gain

2) metaph.
2a) of gain arising from shunning or escaping from evil (where we say "to spare one’s self," "be spared")

2b) to gain any one i.e. to win him over to the kingdom of God, to gain one to faith in Christ

2c) to gain Christ’s favour and fellowship

[soul-7] 7.0 ^7.1 5590 ~ψυχή~ psuche \@psoo-khay’\@ from 5594; n f AV-soul 58, life 40, mind 3, heart 1, heartily + 1537 1, not tr 2; 105
1) breath
1a) the breath of life
1a1) the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in breathing

1a1a) of animals

1a1b) of men

1b) life

1c) that in which there is life
1c1) a living being, a living soul

2) the soul
2a) the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions (our heart, soul etc.)

2b) the (human) soul in so far as it is constituted that by the right use of the aids offered it by God it can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness, the soul regarded as a moral being designed for everlasting life

2c) the soul as an essence which differs from the body and is not dissolved by death (distinguished from other parts of the body)

[cast-8] 2210 ζημιόω zemioo [dzay-mee-o’-o] from 2209; v; TDNT-2:888,299; [{See TDNT 285 }] AV-lose 2, suffer loss 2, be cast away 1, receive damage 1; 6
1) to affect with damage, do damage to

2) to sustain damage, to receive injury, suffer loss

[Philip-9] Philip of Acts 6:5 was born in Caesarea, Judea but died in Hierapolis, Turkey. He worked in Samaria after the martyrdom of Stephen but met and baptized an Ethiopian eunuch, on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza led there by the Spirit. Philip also lived in Caesarea Maritima with his four daughters who prophesied, where he was visited by Paul the Apostle in Acts 21:8-9. He was also in Tralles in Anatolia, where he became a bishop of that church there.

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Acts 21

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A faithful family at Tyre

Philip at Caesarea and the prophecy of Paul's arrest

Paul received at Jerusalem

Gentiles abstain from the table of idols

Paul seized but permitted to speak

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