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Acts 21:11

James Moffatt - New Testament

He came to us, took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Here is the word of the holy Spirit: 'So shall the Jews bind the owner of this girdle at Jerusalem and hand him over to the Gentiles'."

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Then the commander came up and seized him; he ordered him to be bound with a couple of chains, and asked "Who is he?" and "What has he done?"

Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me.

to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!

for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions.

Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, To-day, when you hear his voice,

for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)

for the sake of which I am in custody as its envoy. Pray that I may have freedom to declare it as I should.

As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,

For this reason I Paul, I whom Jesus has made a prisoner for the sake of you Gentiles —

As they could not agree among themselves, they were turning to go away, when Paul added this one word: "It was an apt word that the holy Spirit spoke by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

This is my reason for asking to see you and have a word with you. I am wearing this chain because I share Israel's hope."

Three days later, he called the leading Jews together, and when they met he said to them, "Brothers, although I have done nothing against the People or our ancestral customs, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem.

"Long or short," said Paul, "I would to God that not only you but all my hearers to-day could be what I am — barring these chains!"

But when two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and as Felix wanted to ingratiate himself with the Jews, he left Paul still in custody.

They had strapped him up, when Paul said to the officer who was standing by, "Are you allowed to scourge a Roman citizen — and to scourge him without a trial?"

They crossed Phrygia and the country of Galatia, the holy Spirit having stopped them from preaching the word in Asia;

As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Come! set me apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

Having said this, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron ravine to an orchard, which he entered in the company of his disciples.

The Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join that chariot."

We found out the local disciples and stayed there for seven days. These disciples told Paul by the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem;

But in later days, the Spirit distinctly declares, certain people will rebel against the faith; they will listen to spirits of error and to the doctrines that daemons teach




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