Acts 21:11
Coming to us and taking Paul’s belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘So the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
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10As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:27As Samuel turned around to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
1 Kings 22:11Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, “The LORD says, ‘With these you will push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’”
Jeremiah 13:1The LORD said to me, “Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.”
Ezekiel 24:19The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”
Matthew 20:18“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
Acts 9:16For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
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 →