Acts 21:7-14

Evangelical Heritage Version

To Caesarea

⁷ When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. There we greeted the brothers^[a] and stayed with them for one day. ⁸ The next day, we left and came to Caesarea. We entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him. ⁹ He had four virgin daughters, who prophesied. ¹⁰ After we had stayed there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. ¹¹ When he came to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands with it, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘This is the way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”

¹² When we heard this, both we and the local residents urged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³ Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” ¹⁴ Since he could not be persuaded, we said nothing more except, “May the Lord’s will be done.”