Acts 21:12
Acts 21:12-13 The Message (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?”
Acts 21:12 King James Version (KJV)
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:12 New Century Version (NCV)
When we all heard this, we and the people there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:12 New International Version (NIV)
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:12 Amplified Bible (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.
Acts 21:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
When we heard this, we and the local believers all begged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.