Acts 21:7-14

GOD’S WORD Translation

Paul in Caesarea

⁷ Our sea travel ended when we sailed from Tyre to the city of Ptolemais. We greeted the believers in Ptolemais and spent the day with them. ⁸ The next day we went to Philip’s home in Caesarea and stayed with him. He was a missionary and one of the seven men who helped the apostles. ⁹ Philip had four unmarried daughters who had the ability to speak what God had revealed.

¹⁰ After we had been there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judea. ¹¹ During his visit he took Paul’s belt and tied his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to people who are not Jewish.’ ”

¹² When we heard this, we and the believers who lived there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

¹³ Then Paul replied, “Why are you crying like this and breaking my heart? I’m ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but also to die there for the sake of the Lord, the one named Jesus.”

¹⁴ When Paul could not be persuaded, we dropped the issue and said, “May the Lord’s will be done.”