Acts 21:13

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

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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

12When we heard these things, both we and the people who lived in that place begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

14Since Paul did not wish to be persuaded, we stopped trying and said, “May the will of the Lord be done.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:14Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?”

Isaiah 3:15Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” 1 This is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts. 1

Jonah 1:6So the captain came to him and said to him, “What are you doing sleeping? Get up! Call upon your god! Maybe your god will notice us and we will not perish.”

Acts 9:16for I will show him how much he must suffer for the cause of my name.”

Acts 20:37There was a lot of crying and they embraced Paul and kissed him.

1 Corinthians 15:31Every day I face death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which 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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