Acts 21:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Then Paul replied, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart like this? For I hold myself in readiness not only to be arrested and bound and imprisoned at Jerusalem, but also [even] to die for the name of the Lord Jesus.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Common English Bible

¹³ Paul replied, “Why are you doing this? Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I’m ready not only to be arrested but even to die in Jerusalem for the sake of the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Then Paul responded by saying: "What do you accomplish by weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am prepared, not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Then Paul answered, and said: What do you mean weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 21:13 Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:18

Then the Three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and they brought it to David. But David would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in fetters along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Ezekiel 18:2

What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?

Jonah 1:6

The captain came and said to him, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up; call on your god! Perhaps the god will spare us a thought so that we do not perish.”

Acts 20:24

But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

Acts 20:37

There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,

Acts 5:41

As they left the council, they rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

Acts 9:16

I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

1 Corinthians 15:31

I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you—a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with all of you;

Philippians 2:26

for he has been longing for all of you and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

Colossians 1:24

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

2 Timothy 1:4

Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

2 Timothy 4:6

As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come.

2 Peter 1:14

since I know that my death will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

Revelation 12:11

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

1 Samuel 1:8

Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 15:14

But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears and the lowing of cattle that I hear?”