World English Bible
Acts 21:12
“When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.”
Verse in context — Acts 21
10
As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
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Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
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When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
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When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done.
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