Acts 21:13
Then Paul responded and said, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
12And when we heard these words, both we, and the citizens, exhorted him not to go up to Jerusalem.
14And he not being persuaded, we acquiesced, saying, Let the will of the Lord be done.
Cross References
Acts 9:16for I will show him how many things it behooves him to suffer for my name's sake.
Acts 20:37And the weeping of all was great, and falling on the neck of Paul, they continued to kiss him copiously,
1 Corinthians 15:31I protest by your rejoicing, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
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 →