14 We could not persuade him to stay away from Jerusalem. So we stopped begging him and said, “We pray that what the Lord wants will be done.”
15 After this, we got ready and left for Jerusalem.
16 Some of the followers of Jesus from Caesarea went with us. These followers took us to the home of Mnason, a man from Cyprus, who was one of the first people to be a follower of Jesus. They took us to his home so that we could stay with him.
17 The brothers and sisters in Jerusalem were very happy to see us.
18 The next day Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were there.
19 After greeting them, Paul told them point by point all that God had used him to do among the non-Jewish people.
20 When the leaders heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul, “Brother, you can see that thousands of Jews have become believers, but they think it is very important to obey the Law of Moses.