Acts 21:13

But Paul answered: “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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In The King James Version

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

In Context

12Well, when we heard these things, both we and the local residents, we pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.

14When he would not be dissuaded, we stopped, saying, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”

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Cross References

Acts 9:16for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.”

Acts 20:37Then they all wept freely, and falling on Paul's neck kept kissing him,

1 Corinthians 15:31I die every day —so I affirm by the boasting about you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 →

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