Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 21:12

"And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem." — Acts 21:12 (ASV)

Both we, and they of that place . . .—For the first time, the courage even of the Apostle’s companions began to fail, and St. Luke admits that he himself had joined in the entreaty. Could they not, who were less known and therefore in less danger, go up without him, deliver the fund that had been collected among the Gentiles to St. James and the elders, and return to him at Caesarea? “They of that place” would of course include Philip and his daughters, and possibly, if he were still there, Cornelius and his friends, or, at any rate, those of the latter who were still residing in the city. They implored him, it will be noted, even with tears.