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Acts 21:12
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KJ21
And when we heard these things, both we and those at that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
ASV
And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
AMP
Now when we had heard this, both we and the local residents began pleading with Paul trying to persuade him not to go up to Jerusalem.
AMPC
When we heard this, both we and the residents of that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
BRG
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
CSB
When we heard this, both we and the local people pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
CSBA
When we heard this, both we and the local people pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
CEB
When we heard this, we and the local believers urged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
CJB
When we heard this, both we and the people there begged him not to go up to Yerushalayim;
CEV
After Agabus said this, we and the followers living there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
DARBY
And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place besought [him] not to go up to Jerusalem.
DLNT
And when we heard these things, both we and the local-residents were begging that he not be going up to Jerusalem.
DRA
Which when we had heard, both we and they that were of that place, desired him that he would not go up to Jerusalem.
ERV
When we heard this, we and the other followers there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
EASY
When we heard Agabus's message, we all said many times to Paul, ‘Please do not go to Jerusalem.’
EHV
When we heard this, both we and the local residents urged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
ESV
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
ESVUK
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
EXB
When we all heard this, we and the people there ·begged [encouraged; urged; pleaded with] Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
GNV
And when we had heard these things, both we and others of the same place besought him that he would not go up to Jerusalem.
GW
When we heard this, we and the believers who lived there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
GNT
When we heard this, we and the others there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
HCSB
When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
ICB
We all heard these words. So we and the people there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
ISV
When we heard this, we and the people who lived there begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
PHILLIPS
When we heard him say this, we and the people there begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered us, “What do you mean by unnerving me with all your tears? I am perfectly prepared not only to be bound but to die in Jerusalem for the sake of the name of the Lord Jesus.”
JUB
And when we heard these things, both we and those of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
KJV
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
AKJV
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
LSB
And when we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.
LEB
And when we heard these things, both we and the local residents urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
TLB
Hearing this, all of us—the local believers and his traveling companions—begged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
MSG
When we heard that, we and everyone there that day begged Paul not to be stubborn and persist in going to Jerusalem. But Paul wouldn’t budge: “Why all this hysteria? Why do you insist on making a scene and making it even harder for me? You’re looking at this backward. The issue in Jerusalem is not what they do to me, whether arrest or murder, but what the Master Jesus does through my obedience. Can’t you see that?”
MEV
When we heard these things, both we and the residents implored him not to go up to Jerusalem.
MOUNCE
When · we heard this, both we and the local people urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NOG
When we heard this, we and the believers who lived there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
NABRE
When we heard this, we and the local residents begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NASB
When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NASB1995
When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NCB
When we heard this, we joined with the people who lived there in begging Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
NCV
When we all heard this, we and the people there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
NET
When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NIRV
When we heard this, we all begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
NIV
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
NIVUK
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
NKJV
Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NLV
When we heard this, we and all the people living there begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
NLT
When we heard this, we and the local believers all begged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
NMB
When we heard this, both we and others of the same place besought Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
NRSVA
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NRSVACE
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NRSVCE
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NRSVUE
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
NTFE
When we heard that, we and the people of that place begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
OJB
And when we heard these things, we were begging Rav Sha’ul, both we and the locals, not to make any aliyah (ascent) to Yerushalayim.
RGT
And when we had heard these things, both we and the residents there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
RSV
When we heard this, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
RSVCE
When we heard this, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
TLV
When we heard these things, both we and the local people urged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
VOICE
Now we all joined in imploring Paul—we, his companions, and Philip and his daughters, everyone present—begging him not to go one step closer to the city.
WEB
When we heard these things, both we and the people of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
WE
When we heard this, both we and the people there talked to Paul and begged him not to go to Jerusalem.
WYC
Which thing when we heard, we prayed, and they that were of that place, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
YLT
And when we heard these things, we called upon [him] -- both we, and those of that place -- not to go up to Jerusalem,
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