Acts 21:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

That he should not go up to Jerusalem— That is, if he tendered his own liberty and safety. It is necessary to take it with this limitation; for had the Spirit forbidden his journey to Jerusalem, we may be sure he would have desisted from it. This verse might be rendered better, And we tarried there seven days, meeting with some disciples, who said, &c.

Acts 21:4

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