New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Acts 21:12
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When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
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And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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When we heard these things, both we and the people of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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And when we had heard these things, both we and those of that place were begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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Acts 21
10 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
14 When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
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