And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
- BSB After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
- NKJV And after those days we packed and went up to Jerusalem.
- NASB After these days we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem.
- NLT After this we packed our things and left for Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
After these days they pack and go up to Jerusalem. The long journey reaches its destination.
Overview
Paul's company gathers their belongings and makes the final ascent to Jerusalem, the geographic and spiritual high point of the journey. The phrase "went up" reflects both the literal climb and the reverence due the holy city. The arrival sets the stage for the climactic events of Paul's arrest and witness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Acts 25:1Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
- Acts 18:22And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
- 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 25:6And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
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