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Acts 20:22

Jerusalem
The Holy SpiritObedience

20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

21 testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

23 I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

24 But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
KJV
And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
WEB
Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
ASV
And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
DARBY
And now, behold, bound in my spirit *I* go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall happen to me in it;
BLB
And now behold, bound in the Spirit I go to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me in it,
ÅB
Og nå se, bundet av Ånden drar jeg til Jerusalem, og vet ikke hva som skal møte meg der,
OTB
"Og nå, ledet av Ånden, er jeg på vei til Jerusalem, usikker på hva som vil skje med meg der,
B1930
Og nu se, bundet av Ånden drar jeg til Jerusalem, og vet ikke hvad som skal møte mig der,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 4:14

    You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:14

    For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

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  • Luke 18:31–33

    Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

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  • 2 Peter 1:14

    because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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  • Luke 9:51

    As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

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  • Acts 17:16

    While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

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  • Acts 19:21

    After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”

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  • Acts 21:11–14

    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

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