²³ except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead.

⁴ We went ashore, found the local believers,^[a] and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.

¹⁶ And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

³ and to keep you from being shaken by the troubles you were going through. But you know that we are destined for such troubles.

¹¹ He came over, took Paul’s belt, and bound his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, “The Holy Spirit declares, ‘So shall the owner of this belt be bound by the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem and turned over to the Gentiles.’”

²² where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.

³³ Then the commander arrested him and ordered him bound with two chains. He asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.

²⁹ The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.”

³³ I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”