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Sailing from there, we arrived the next day off Chios. On the next we touched at Samos; and on the day following reached Miletus.

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From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the Elders of the Church to come to him.

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Upon their arrival he said to them, "You Elders well know, from the first day of my setting foot in the province of Asia, the kind of life I lived among you the whole time,

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You yourselves know that these hands of mine have provided for my own necessities and for the people with me.

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and with loud lamentation they all threw their arms round his neck, and kissed him lovingly,

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grieved above all things at his having told them that after that day they were no longer to see his face. And they went with him to the ship.

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When, at last, we had torn ourselves away and had set sail, we ran in a straight course to Cos; the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

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After sighting Cyprus and leaving that island on our left, we continued our voyage to Syria and put in at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.

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Having searched for the disciples and found them, we stayed at Tyre for seven days; and, taught by the Spirit, they repeatedly urged Paul not to proceed to Jerusalem.

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When, however, our time was up, we left and went on our way, all the disciples and their wives and children coming to see us off. Then, after kneeling down on the beach and praying,

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we took leave of one another; and we went on board, while they returned home.

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As for us, our voyage was over when having sailed from Tyre we reached Ptolemais. here we inquired after the welfare of the brethren, and remained a day with them.

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On the morrow we left Ptolemais and went on to Caesarea, where we came to the house of Philip the Evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

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Now Philip had four unmarried daughters who were prophetesses;

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and during our somewhat lengthy stay a Prophet of the name of Agabus came down from Judaea.

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As soon as we heard these words, both we and the brethren at Caesarea entreated Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

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So when he was not to be dissuaded, we ceased remonstrating with him and said, "The Lord's will be done!"

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A few days afterwards we loaded our baggage-cattle and continued our journey to Jerusalem.

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Some of the disciples from Caesarea also joined our party, and brought with them Mnason, a Cyprian, one of the early disciples, at whose house we were to lodge.

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At length we reached Jerusalem, and there the brethren gave us a hearty welcome.

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

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And they, when they had heard his statement, gave the glory to God. Then they said, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of Jews there are among those who have accepted the faith, and they are all zealous upholders of the Law.

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Now what they have been repeatedly told about you is that you teach all the Jews among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you forbid them to circumcise their children or observe old-established customs.

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But as for the Gentiles who have accepted the faith, we have communicated to them our decision that they are carefully to abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood, from what is strangled, and from fornication."

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But, when the seven days were nearly over, the Jews from the province of Asia, having seen Paul in the Temple, set about rousing the fury of all the people against him.

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