And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up and greeted 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.
- KJV And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he 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.
- 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. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
- Acts 11:11Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.
- Acts 10:1Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
- Acts 25:1Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
- Acts 13:1Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- Acts 11:19–27They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
- Acts 15:23They wrote these things by their hand: “The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
- Acts 14:26From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
- Acts 25:9But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there concerning these things?”
- Acts 15:35But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
- Acts 15:4When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
- Acts 18:21–22but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.
- Acts 21:17–19When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
- Acts 15:30So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
- Acts 10:24On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.
- Acts 23:23He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”
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