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 started on our way to Jerusalem.
16 Some of the followers from Caesarea went with us. They took us to the home of Mnason, a man from Cyprus. Mnason was one of the first followers. They took us to his home so that we could stay with him.
17 In Jerusalem the believers were glad to see us.
18 The next day, Paul went with us to visit James. All the elders were there, too.
19 Paul greeted them and told them everything that God had done among the non-Jewish people through him.
20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul, “Brother, you can see that many thousands of Jews have become believers. But they think it is very important to obey the law of Moses.