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Acts 20:22

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

And now, under spiritual constraint, I am here on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

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There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!

As the days before his being taken up to Heaven were growing few, Jesus set his face resolutely in the direction of Jerusalem; and he sent on messengers in advance.

Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.

Jesus, aware of all that was coming upon him, went to meet them, and said to them: "For whom are you looking?"

While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his heart was stirred at seeing the whole city full of idols.

Sometime after these events Paul resolved to go through Macedonia and Greece, and then make his way to Jerusalem. "And after I have been there," he said, "I must visit Rome also."

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so as to avoid spending much time in Roman Asia. He was making haste to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the Festival at the close of the Harvest.

It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died;

And yet you do not know what your life will be like to-morrow! For you are but a mist appearing for a little while and then disappearing.

for I know that the time for this 'tent' of mine to be put away is soon coming, as our Lord Jesus Christ himself assured me.




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