Acts 21:13
Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
14And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:14And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?
Isaiah 3:15By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
Jonah 1:6And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
Acts 9:16For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.
Acts 20:37And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
1 Corinthians 15:31Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.
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 →