Acts 21:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

He took

Hosea 12:10

Thus

So shall

And shall

Acts 28:17

Matthew 20:18

Matthew 27:1

General references

Ezekiel 3:25

Philippians 1:13

Bible References

He took

As Samuel turned around to go, he caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.

It happened at that time that Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem, and he accidentally met Ahijah the Shilonite the prophet on the way. Now he had clothed himself with new clothing. While the two of them [were] alone in the field,

Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows," so he took him a bow and arrows.

Thus Yahweh said to me: "Go and buy for yourself a loincloth of linen and put it on your loins, but you must not {place} it in water."

"Then you shall break the jar before the eyes of the men who go with you.

And the people said to me, "Will you not make known to us what these [things] that you are doing [mean] for us?"

I spoke to the prophets; I myself multiplied revelations and through the hand of the prophets I will destroy.

Thus

And [while] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

And they traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia.

except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in town [after town], saying that bonds and persecutions await me.

So being in disagreement with one another, they began to leave [after] Paul made one statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,

to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you with reference to the same [things] which now have been announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, {things into which} angels desire to look.

So shall

Then the military tribune came up [and] arrested him and ordered [him] to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what it was that he had done.

But when they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is it permitted for you to flog a man [who is] a Roman citizen and uncondemned?"

And [when] two years had passed, Felix received as successor Porcius Festus. And [because he] wanted to do a favor for the Jews, Felix left Paul behind {as a prisoner}.

And Paul [replied], "I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such [people] as I also am, except for these bonds!"

Therefore for this reason I have requested to see you and to speak with [you], for because of the hope of Israel I am wearing this chain!"

On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:

for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that {in them} I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak.

in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment} as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.

For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy [because you] knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

And shall

Now it happened that after three days, he called together those who were the most prominent of the Jews. And [when] they had assembled, he said to them, "Men [and] brothers, [although] I had done nothing against [our] people or the customs of our fathers, from Jerusalem I was delivered [as] a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.

General references

and you, son of man, look, they will place cords on you, and they will tie you up with them. Then you will not go out into the midst of them.

so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetorium and to all the rest,