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Hechos 21:13
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Entonces Pablo respondi�: �Qu� hac�is llorando y afligi�ndome el coraz�n? porque yo no s�lo estoy presto � ser atado, mas aun � morir en Jerusalem por el nombre del Se�or Jes�s.
Entonces Pablo respondi�: �Qu� hac�is llorando y quebrant�ndome el coraz�n? Porque yo estoy dispuesto no s�lo a ser atado, sino aun a morir en Jerusal�n por el nombre del Se�or Jes�s.
Entonces Pablo respondi�: �Qu� hac�is llorando y afligi�ndome el coraz�n? Porque yo no s�lo estoy presto a ser atado, mas aun a morir en Jerusal�n por el Nombre del Se�or Jes�s.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
What: 1 Samuel 15:14, Isaiah 3:15, Ezekiel 18:2, Jonah 1:6
to weep: Acts 20:37, 1 Samuel 1:8, Philippians 2:26, 2 Timothy 1:4
for: Acts 20:24, Romans 8:35-37, 1 Corinthians 15:31, 2 Corinthians 4:10-17, 2 Corinthians 11:23-27, Philippians 1:20, Philippians 1:21, Philippians 2:17, Colossians 1:24, 2 Timothy 2:4-6, 2 Timothy 4:6, 2 Peter 1:14, Revelation 3:10, Revelation 12:11
Reciprocal: Numbers 32:7 - discourage Judges 11:36 - forasmuch Judges 16:30 - die Ruth 1:16 - to leave 2 Samuel 15:21 - surely 1 Chronicles 11:18 - brake Nehemiah 6:11 - Should such Esther 4:16 - if I perish Psalms 112:7 - heart Song of Solomon 8:6 - love Jeremiah 40:1 - bound Daniel 3:17 - our God Matthew 10:28 - And Matthew 26:46 - General Mark 8:35 - will save Luke 14:28 - counteth Luke 22:33 - I am John 11:8 - the Jews John 12:25 - that loveth John 13:37 - why John 20:13 - why Acts 18:20 - he Acts 26:9 - the name Romans 1:15 - I Romans 14:8 - we die unto 1 Corinthians 13:3 - though I give 2 Corinthians 5:8 - and willing 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - moved 2 Timothy 1:7 - the spirit 2 Timothy 1:12 - I am 1 Peter 5:2 - of Revelation 2:10 - be thou
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then Paul answered, what mean ye to weep,.... For they were crying about him, both his companions and the disciples of Caesarea; which affected him, and gave him great uneasiness, even more than the prophecies of Agabus did:
and to break my heart? for though he was resolved to go to Jerusalem, and nothing could move him from it, his heart was firm as a rock; there was no shaking him, or making impressions upon him that way; yet their tears and importunity greatly afflicted him, and the more because he could by no means comply with their request:
for I am ready not to be bound only, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus; for as yet, he knew not but he should die there; it was revealed to him that he should be bound there, but it was not yet suggested to him where he should suffer death, whether there or elsewhere; and since he knew not but it might be there, he was ready for it; bonds were so far from distressing his mind, and deterring him from his intended journey, that death itself could not do it; which showed great intrepidity, courage, and firmness of mind.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
What mean ye - Greek: What do ye. A tender and affectionate, but firm reproach.
To weep and to break mine heart? - To afflict me, and distract my mind by alarms, and by the expressions of tenderness. His mind was fixed on going to Jerusalem; and he felt that he was prepared for whatever awaited him. Expressions of tenderness among friends are proper. Tears may be inevitable at parting from those whom we love. But such expressions of love ought not to be allowed to interfere with the convictions of duty in their minds. If they have made up their minds that a certain course is proper, and have resolved to pursue it, we ought neither to attempt to divert them from it, nor to distract their minds by our remonstrances or our tears. We should resign them to their convictions of what is demanded of them with affection and prayer, but with cheerfulness. We should lend them all the aid in our power, and then commend them to the blessing and protection of God. These remarks apply especially to those who are engaged in the missionary enterprise.
It is trying to part with a son, a daughter, or a beloved friend, in order that they may go to proclaim the gospel to the benighted and dying pagan. The act of parting - for life, and the apprehension of the perils which they may encounter on the ocean, and in pagan lands, may be painful; but if they, like Paul, have looked at it calmly, candidly, and with much prayer; if they have come to the deliberate conclusion that it is the will of God that they should devote their lives to this service, we ought not to weep and to break their hearts. We should cheerfully and confidently commit them to the protection of the God whom they serve, and remember that the parting of Christians, though for life, will be short. Soon, in a better world, they will be united again, to part no more; and the blessedness of that future meeting will be greatly heightened by all the sorrows and self-denials of separation here, and by all the benefits which such a separation may be the means of conveying to a dying world. That mother will meet, with joy, in heaven, the son from whom, with many tears, she was sundered when he entered on a missionary life; and, surrounded with many ransomed pagan, heaven will be made more blessed and eternity more happy.
But also to die - This was the true spirit of a martyr. This spirit reigned in the hearts of all the early Christians.
For the name of the Lord Jesus - For his sake; in making his name known.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 21:13. I am ready, not to be bound only — He was resolute and determined; but was under no constraining necessity. Acts 21:4; Acts 21:4.
