Acts 21:11
9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
10 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
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.’”
12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
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
- 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.’”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Coming to us and taking Paul’s belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘So the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
- ASV
- And coming to us, and taking Paul`s girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
- DARBY
- and coming to us and taking the girdle of Paul, and having bound his own hands and feet, said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose this girdle is shall the Jews thus bind in Jerusalem, and deliver him up into the hands of [the] Gentiles.
- BLB
- And having come to us and having taken Paul’s belt, having bound his feet and hands, he said, “Thus the Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man whose belt this is, and they will deliver [him] into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
- ÅB
- han kom til oss og tok Paulus' belte og bandt seg selv på hender og føtter og sa: Så sier den Hellige Ånd: Den mann som eier dette belte, ham skal jødene binde slik i Jerusalem og overgi i hedningenes hender.
- OTB
- Han kom til oss, tok Paulus' belte, og bandt sine egne føtter og hender, og sa: "Den Hellige Ånd sier: 'På denne måten vil jødene i Jerusalem binde mannen som eier dette beltet og overgi ham til hedningene.'"
- B1930
- han kom til oss og tok Paulus' belte og bandt sig selv på hender og føtter og sa: Så sier den Hellige Ånd: Den mann som eier dette belte, ham skal jødene binde således i Jerusalem og overgi i hedningenes hender.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 21:33
The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:1–11
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
Read in context1 Samuel 15:27–28
As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.
Read in contextEzekiel 24:19–25
Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
Read in context1 Kings 11:29–31
During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
Read in context1 Kings 22:11
Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
Read in contextJeremiah 19:10–11
Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
Read in contextActs 20:23
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
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