13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus!” 14 And because[a] he would not be persuaded, we remained silent, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.”

15 So after these days we got ready and[b] went up to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:14 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle (“be persuaded”)
  2. Acts 21:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got ready”) has been translated as a finite verb