¹¹ He came to us, took Paul’s girdle, and tied himself up with it, hand and foot.

“This is what the holy spirit says,” he declared. “The Judaeans in Jerusalem will tie up the man to whom this girdle belongs, just like this, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles.”

¹² When we heard that, we and the people of that place begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

¹³ Then Paul responded.

“What are you doing with all this weeping,” he said, “breaking my heart in pieces? I am quite prepared not only to be tied up but to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”