Acts 21:1-23:11

Acts 21 begins with a first person plural account of certain disciples' journey to Jerusalem. Paul the Apostle is the leader of this band of Jesus-followers. Two purposes for making the journey seem evident to me. One is to deliver to Jerusalem's poor an offering gathered from the Gentile churches. Another is leave-taking. Paul is saying, "Goodbye," to fellow Christians. He believes he may never see them again. But Paul has traveling companions, persons with whom to share his travels. Some (one?) are (is?) able to record these events firsthand.

After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. (Acts 21:1)

Thank You, God, for traveling companions in my spirit-journey.