Acts 21:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But Paul answered, “Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus. I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:18

The Three Warriors sneaked through the Philistine camp and got some water from the well near Bethlehem's gate. They took it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured out the water as a sacrifice to the LORD

Isaiah 3:15

The LORD All-Powerful says, “You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dust the faces of the poor.”

Jeremiah 40:1

I was led away in chains along with the people of Judah and Jerusalem who were being taken to Babylonia. Nebuzaradan was the officer in charge of the guard, and when we stopped at Ramah, the LORD made him set me free.

Ezekiel 18:2

Ezekiel, I hear the people of Israel using the old saying, “Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children.”

Jonah 1:6

The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Perhaps he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”

Acts 20:24

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And that work is to tell the good news about God's great kindness.

Acts 20:37

Everyone cried and hugged and kissed him.

Acts 5:41

The apostles left the council and were happy, because God had considered them worthy to suffer for the sake of Jesus.

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for worshipping in my name.”

1 Corinthians 15:31

and face death every day? The pride that I have in you because of Christ Jesus our Lord is what makes me say this.

Philippians 2:17

Your faith in the Lord and your service are like a sacrifice offered to him. And my own blood may have to be poured out with the sacrifice. If this happens, I will be glad and rejoice with you.

Philippians 2:26

but now he is eager to see you. He is worried, because you heard he was sick.

Colossians 1:24

I am glad that I can suffer for you. I am pleased also that in my own body I can continue the suffering of Christ for his body, the church.

2 Timothy 1:4

I remember how you cried, and I want to see you, because that will make me truly happy.

2 Timothy 4:6

Now the time has come for me to die. My life is like a drink offering being poured out on the altar.

2 Peter 1:14

And our Lord Jesus Christ has already told me that I will soon leave it behind.

Revelation 12:11

Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives.

Revelation 3:10

You obeyed my message and endured. So I will protect you from the time of testing that everyone in all the world must go through.

1 Samuel 1:8

So Elkanah asked, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why do you feel so bad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 15:14

“Then why,” Samuel asked, “do I hear sheep and cattle?”