Acts 21:11

and he having come to us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having also bound his own hands and feet, said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit: The man whose is this girdle—so will the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they will deliver [him] up into the hands of nations.”

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In The King James Version

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

In Context

10And we remaining many more days, there came down a certain one from Judea, a prophet, by name Agabus,

12And when we heard these things, we called on [him]—both we, and those of that place—not to go up to Jerusalem,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:27And Samuel turns around to go, and he lays hold on the skirt of his upper robe—and it is torn!

1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah makes horns of iron for himself and says, “Thus said YHWH: By these you push the Arameans until they are consumed”;

Jeremiah 13:1Thus said YHWH to me: “Go, and you have acquired a girdle of linen for yourself, and have placed it on your loins, and you do not cause it to enter into water.”

Ezekiel 24:19And the people say to me, “Do you not declare to us what these [are] to us, that you are doing?”

Matthew 20:18“Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,

Acts 9:16for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My Name.”

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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