Acts 21:7-14

New International Reader's Version

⁷ Continuing on from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais. There we greeted the brothers and sisters. We stayed with them for a day. ⁸ The next day we left and arrived at Caesarea. We stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist. He was one of the seven deacons. ⁹ He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

¹⁰ We stayed there several days. Then a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. ¹¹ He came over to us. Then he took Paul’s belt and tied his own hands and feet with it. He said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘This is how the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will tie up the owner of this belt. They will hand him over to the Gentiles.’ ”

¹² When we heard this, we all begged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³ He asked, “Why are you crying? Why are you breaking my heart? I’m ready to be put in prison. In fact, I’m ready to die in Jerusalem for the Lord Jesus.” ¹⁴ We couldn’t change his mind. So we gave up. We said, “May what the Lord wants to happen be done.”