Acts 20:23
except that in every city the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
In Context
22And now, behold, I am going, bound in spirit, to Jerusalem, not knowing what shall befall me there,
Cross References
Acts 8:29And the Spirit said to Philip: Go forward and join yourself to this chariot.
Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, that through many afflictions we mast enter the kingdom of God.
Acts 21:11and he came to us, and taking Paul’s girdle, he bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus says the Holy Spirit; the Jews that are in Jerusalem will so bind the man to whom this girdle belongs; and they will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
1 Thessalonians 3:3that no one be moved by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this:
Matthew Henry on Acts 20:18-36
Paul's Address to the Elders of Ephesus. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: 20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you… Read the whole commentary →