Acts 21:5

But when it was time for the ship to leave again, we prepared to continue going to Jerusalem. When we left Tyre, all the believers, including their wives and children, went with us to the edge of the sea. We all knelt down there on the sand/shore and prayed.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Someone told us where the believers in Tyre lived, so we (exc) went and stayed with them for seven days. Because God’s Spirit revealed to them ◄ that people would cause Paul to suffer/Paul would suffer► in Jerusalem, they told Paul that he should not go there.

6After we all said goodbye, Paul and we his companions got on the ship, and the other believers returned to their own homes.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:11your wives, your children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood for you and carry water for you, are here.

Joshua 24:15But if you do not want to serve/worship Yahweh, you should decide today what gods you will serve/worship. You should decide whether you will serve/worship the gods that your ancestors who lived on the other/east side of the Euphrates River served, or whether you will serve/worship the gods that the descendants of Amor, who previously lived in the land where you are now living, serve/worship. But as for me and my family [MTY], we will serve/worship Yahweh!”

2 Chronicles 20:13All the men of Judah and their wives and children and babies were standing there in the presence of Yahweh while Jehoshaphat prayed.

Psalms 95:6We should come, worship, and bow down before him. We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.

Mark 1:40One day a man who had a bad skin disease called leprosy came to Jesus. He knelt down in front of Jesus and then he pleaded with him saying, “ Please heal me, because I know you are able to heal me if you want to!”

Acts 15:3After Paul, Barnabas, and the others were given things for their trip by the congregation at Antioch {After the congregation at Antioch gave Paul, Barnabas, and the others things for their trip}, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria provinces. When they stopped at different places in those provinces, they reported to the believers that many non-Jews in Antioch had become believers. As a result, all the believers in those places rejoiced greatly.

Matthew Henry on Acts 21:2-8

Paul's Voyage to Cæsarea; Paul's Arrival at Ptolemais. 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. 4 And finding disciples, we tarried there… Read the whole commentary →

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