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Acts 20:23

Suffering

21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

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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.

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BSB
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
KJV
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
WEB
except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
ASV
save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
DARBY
only that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.
BLB
except that the Holy Spirit fully testifies to me in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.
ÅB
men bare at den Hellige Ånd i by etter by vitner for meg og sier at bånd og trengsler venter meg.
OTB
bortsett fra at Den Hellige Ånd advarer meg i hver by om at fengsling og vanskeligheter venter meg.
B1930
men bare at den Hellige Ånd i by efter by vidner for mig og sier at bånd og trengsler venter mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 9:16

    For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

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  • Acts 21:4

    And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 3:3

    That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

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  • Acts 14:22

    Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

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  • Acts 21:33

    Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

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  • Acts 21:11

    And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:12

    If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

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  • Acts 8:29

    Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

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