Acts 21:7-14

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⁷ We ·continued [or finished] our trip from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais [^Ca town on the Mediterranean coast about half way between Tyre and Caesarea, also known as Acco], where we greeted the ·believers [^Lbrothers (and sisters)] and stayed with them for a day. ⁸ The next day we left Ptolemais and went to the city of Caesarea [10:1]. There we went into the home of Philip the ·preacher [or evangelist], one of the ·seven helpers [^LSeven; 6:1–6; 8:4–40], and stayed with him. ⁹ He had four ·unmarried [^Lvirgin] daughters who ·had the gift of prophesying [^Lprophesied]. ¹⁰ After we had been there for ·some time [^Lmany days], a prophet named Agabus [11:27–28] ·arrived [^Lcame down] from Judea. ¹¹ He came to us and ·borrowed [took] Paul’s belt and used it to tie his own hands and feet. He said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will ·tie up [or bind (in chains)] the man ·who wears this belt [^Lwhose belt this is]. Then they will ·give [deliver; hand over; betray] him to the Gentiles.’”

¹² When we all heard this, we and the people there ·begged [encouraged; urged; pleaded with] Paul not to go to Jerusalem. ¹³ But he ·said [^Lresponded], “Why are you crying and ·making me so sad [^Lbreaking my heart]? I am not only ready to be ·tied up [or bound; imprisoned] in Jerusalem, I am ready to die for the [^Lname of the] Lord Jesus!”

¹⁴ We could not ·persuade him to stay away from Jerusalem [^Lpersuade/convince him]. So we ·stopped begging him [^Lremained silent] and said, “·We pray that what the Lord wants will [^LLet the Lord’s will] be done.”