Acts 21:13

Plain English Version

But Paul said, “Stop crying and trying to make me change my mind. Stop telling me not to go to Jerusalem. I work for our leader Jesus, so I’m ready for people to put me in prison in Jerusalem, and I’m even ready for them to kill me.”

Cross References

Acts 20:24

But I will keep going to Jerusalem anyway. I want to finish the work that our leader Jesus told me to do. I have to tell people the good news, that God is good to us, and that he saves us. I really don’t care about myself, I don’t even care if they kill me, so long as I can tell them that good news.

Acts 20:37

They all cried a lot, and they hugged Paul and kissed him.

Acts 5:41

So Jesus’s special workers left that meeting, and they were very happy. They knew that God reckoned they were good enough to feel pain for Jesus, and to be shamed for following him, so they were happy, even though the soldiers hit them.

Acts 9:16

I will show him that some people will not like him talking about me, so they will give him big trouble and hurt him.”

1 Corinthians 15:31

Every day, I worry that somebody might kill me. My Christian friends, I’m very happy that you are trusting our leader Jesus Christ, so I’m telling you this.

Philippians 2:17

Yes, I’m happy about you. And even if they kill me, I will still be happy. I know that you believe in Jesus and you work for him, and when you do that, you are giving yourselves to God. And if they are going to kill me, I will be giving my body to God too. So we can all be happy about it together.

Philippians 2:26

He really wants to see you all again. And you know, after he came here, he got sick, and then somebody told you about it. So now he worries about you. He doesn’t want you to be sad and feel sorry for him. So he really wants to go back and see you all again.

Colossians 1:24

Yes, I tell people the message about Jesus. Some people don’t like it, and they give me trouble. But that doesn’t matter, that message helps people that believe it. You believe it, so it helps you. So I am happy, and I keep on telling it. You know that Jesus Christ got a lot of trouble. In the same way, I get a lot of trouble. But I want to keep on helping his people. They are the church. They are like the body of Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 1:4

I remember that you cried the last time we left each other, so now I really want to see you again so that I will be happy.

2 Timothy 4:6

As for me, the time has come for me to leave my life here on earth, so I will die some time soon. I will give my life to God.

2 Peter 1:14

Our leader, Jesus Christ, told me that soon I will die. He will take me out of this body.

1 Samuel 1:8

Her husband used to ask her, “Why are you crying? You have to eat. Don’t be sad. Don’t keep on worrying that you have no sons. I love you very much anyway.”

1 Samuel 15:14

But Samuel said, “Really? So how come I can hear animals crying? I can hear sheep, goats, cows and bulls.”