Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered and said: What do ye, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am prepared, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

12And when we heard these words, we and the residents of the place begged of him, that he would not go to Jerusalem.

14And as he was not to be persuaded by us, we desisted; and we said: Let the pleasure of our Lord take place.

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Cross References

Acts 9:16For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account of my name.

Acts 20:37And there was great weeping among them all. And they embraced him, and kissed him.

1 Corinthians 15:31I protest, my brethren, by your exultation, which is mine in our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that 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 →

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