And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
Parallel translations
- WEB When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
- BSB When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
- NKJV And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.
- NASB When he had landed in Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.
- NLT The next stop was at the port of Caesarea. From there he went up and visited the church at Jerusalem and then went back to Antioch.
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Quick answer
Paul landed at Caesarea, greeted the church, then went down to Antioch, his sending base.
Overview
Going up and greeting the assembly is widely understood to mean visiting the Jerusalem church before returning to Antioch. This brings his second missionary journey to a close where it began, at Antioch in Syria. The pattern of returning to report and rest among the sending church models accountability and connection within the wider body of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Acts 8:40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
- Acts 11:11And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
- Acts 10:1There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
- Acts 25:1Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
- Acts 13:1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- Acts 11:19–27Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
- Acts 15:23And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
- Acts 14:26And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
- Acts 25:9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
- Acts 15:35Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
- Acts 15:4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
- Acts 18:21–22But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
- Acts 21:17–19And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
- Acts 15:30So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
- Acts 10:24And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
- Acts 23:23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
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