Acts 21:12
Good News Translation
When we heard this, we and the others there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
After Agabus said this, we and the followers living there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

New American Bible
When we heard this, we and the local residents begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which when we had heard, both we and they that were of that place desired him that he would not go up to Jerusalem.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Which when we had heard, both we and they that were of that place desired him that he would not go up to Jerusalem.

besought.

Acts 21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

Acts 20:22 And now, behold, being bound in the spirit, I go to Jerusalem: not knowing the things which shall befall me there:

Matthew 16:21-23 From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again. . . .

Context
Paul Visits Philip the Evangelist
11Who, when he was come to us, took Paul's girdle: and binding his own feet and hands, he said: Thus saith the Holy Ghost: The man whose girdle this is, the Jews shall bind in this manner in Jerusalem and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 12Which when we had heard, both we and they that were of that place desired him that he would not go up to Jerusalem. 13Then Paul answered and said: What do you mean, weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.…
Cross References
Acts 2:9
Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

Acts 21:15
And after those days, being prepared, we went up to Jerusalem.

Acts 21:11
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