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11 (A)He came up to us, took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, “Thus says the holy Spirit: This is the way the Jews will bind the owner of this belt in Jerusalem, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:11 The symbolic act of Agabus recalls those of Old Testament prophets. Compare Is 20:2; Ez 4:1; Jer 13:1.

11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says,(A) ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind(B) the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”(C)

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14 (A)Since he would not be dissuaded we let the matter rest, saying,(B) “The Lord’s will be done.”[a]

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  1. 21:14 The Christian disciples’ attitude reflects that of Jesus (see Lk 22:42).

14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up(A) and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”(B)

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14 since I know that I will soon have to put it aside, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.(A)

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14 because I know that I will soon put it aside,(A) as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.(B)

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