Acts 21:13
And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
12And when we heard these things, both we and those local men urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
14And since he was not persuaded, we were quiet, having said, May the will of the Lord happen.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:14And Samuel said, What then means this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
Isaiah 3:15What do ye mean that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? says the Lord, LORD of hosts.
Jonah 1:6So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What do thou mean, O sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we not perish.
Acts 9:16For I will give him a glimpse of how many things it is necessary for him to suffer for my name.
Acts 20:37And there developed considerable weeping of all. And having fallen on Paul's neck, they kissed him much,
1 Corinthians 15:31By the pride that belongs to you, that I keep in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Matthew Henry on Acts 21:9-15
The Prophecy of Agabus; Paul's Adherence to His Resolution to Visit Jerusalem. 8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Cæsarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. 10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judæa a certain prophet, named Agabus. 11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and… Read the whole commentary →