The Greek does not change the meaning, it only gives emphasis. The HS would not forbid anyway. But the meaning is clear - it was not God's will that he went. Interested in what you call 'a real Bible'. Here is a piece I have just written about it.
Did God send Paul to Jerusalem?
Acts 21:4. “and finding disciples, we tarried there seven days who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem”.
God speaks to the Apostle Paul through believers, this time not only prophesying what will happen but giving an imperative command that he is not to go. The Greek means ‘not to set foot in’.
Commentators are faced with a dilemma, either Paul knew it was God’s will to go, or he was defying God and going anyway. The first requires eisegesis, the second is unacceptable. They do not consider a third option: that Paul may have lost his discernment on the issue due to an emotional response to the situation of his countrymen. He was taking money to them so their situation must have been dire. They are also not understanding how the Holy Spirit guides man. It has long been a criticism of academia, that they know the letter of the law but are not spiritually minded.
Perhaps they tarried the seven days due to lengthy discussions in the hopes of persuading Paul. It was not his wish that he was delayed in his intentions, the sign that he was not waiting on guidance moment by moment on the Holy Spirit, but presuming he knew the will of God, making a decision about where he was to go, rather than be content to be on the journey, in God’s will, waiting on the Lord as he did when he was stopped from going into Asia.
In Ephesus (Acts 18:20) he would not delay and said that he ‘must by all means, go to Jerusalem (Acts 18:21). He was determined but was he open to the leadings of the Holy Spirit, so that he could change his plans whenever the Holy Spirit would forbid action? It seems not for in Acts 20:16, it is recorded that Paul hasted.
Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus because he would not spend time in Asia, for he ‘hasted, if it were possible for him to be in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost’. Haste is actually the sign that the devil is at work, for to walk in the Light means that every step that is taken (as had Paul previous to this) must be in a measured, deliberate and careful manner, according to the minute by minute guidance we are afforded if we living in close communion with the Lord Jesus Christ and led by the Spirit. Confusion comes if we are not.
More than anything else, Satan would want to end Paul’s missionary journey’s and have him out of action, and this is what happened. Paul called the elders of Ephesus to him at Miletus and said his goodbyes to them, explaining that he was ‘bound in the S(s)pirit’ (Acts 20:22) Was he meaning he was bound in his own spirit, whereas in 21:4 it is the Holy Spirit who tells him he should not go to Jerusalem? The Holy Spirit does not bind a man and gives him the freedom to do as he wishes.
The final warning comes in Cesarea, this time not in words, which had so far failed to get through to Paul, but by way of a physical demonstration which convinced Paul’s travelling companions (21:12) so that they and Philip the evangelist, all men of God and led by the Spirit, united in discernment that God was commanding Paul not to go to Jerusalem and ‘besought him not to go’. Not just one person note, it was a company of brethren who Paul was ignoring.
The problem with commentators is, that they are not understanding how the very early church functioned, when they were of one accord. It is inconceivable that only Paul would be hearing the Spirit correctly, and all of the other Spirit filled disciples and apostles were wrong. The chances of that are very small. However we all make mistakes, even the apostles and Paul demonstrates this clearly in 23:3-5.
Christ has said ‘when two or more are gathered in my name’ or are in agreement ‘there I am in the midst of them’ which is sufficient warning to us whenever we decide to go it alone and step outside of the counsel of brethren who are walking in the Light.
His fellow disciples gave up at that point, realising that Paul’s mind was set and closed, a dangerous thing for a follower of Christ. They ceased (21:14) and there was nothing left for them to do but to put the matter in the hands of God. “The will of the Lord be done” and resigned themselves to accompanying Paul despite their understanding that it was not God’s will, and that their brother in Christ, whom they would not abandon, was in mortal danger.
It is true that God used God in ‘the prison years’ but we do not know how much was lost with the leading Apostle out of action and what the long term result in the church would be. God brings good out of our stupidity, but it does not say that everything we lost is restored.
