Acts 21:7-14

International Standard Version

Paul in Caesarea

⁷ When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, greeted the brothers there, and stayed with them for one day. ⁸ The next day, we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven, and stayed with him. ⁹ He had four unmarried daughters who could prophesy. ¹⁰ After we had been there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judea. ¹¹ He came to us, took Paul’s belt, and tied his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘This is how the Jewish leaders^[a] in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to the gentiles.’” ¹² When we heard this, we and the people who lived there begged Paul^[b] not to go up to Jerusalem.

¹³ At this Paul replied, “What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I’m ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!”

¹⁴ When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, “May the Lord’s will be done.”