²³ except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.^(A)

¹⁶ I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”^(A)

³ so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions. Indeed, you yourselves know that this is what we are destined for.^(A)

⁴ We looked up the disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.^(A)

³³ Then the tribune came, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; he inquired who he was and what he had done.^(A)

¹¹ He came to us and took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and will hand him over to the gentiles.’ ”^(A)

²² There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”^(A)

²⁹ Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.”^(A)

³³ I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”^(A)