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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Scripture focus
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver [him] into the hands of the Gentiles.
Acts 21:11 — KJV
Girdle. The girdle was a band or sash of linen, wool, or leather, worn about the waist to draw together the loose folds of the Oriental robe, particularly if work was to be done or a walk taken. It was made ample enough in size to provide pouchlike room for carrying money, writing tablets, stylus, etc.
Bound. Here was a dramatic way to present a prophecy, a method used under divine direction by Isaiah (Isa. 20), Jeremiah (Jer. 13:1-11; 18:1-10; 19:1-3; 27:2, 3; 28), and Ezekiel (Eze. 4:1-13; 5:1-4).
The Holy Ghost. The men of the apostolic church were conscious of the direct, personal, dynamic presence of the Holy Spirit in their thinking, saying, and doing. His presence was as real to them as that of Jesus had been to His disciples. Compare John 16:7; Acts 2:2-4; 5:3; 13:2.
So shall the Jews. This was fulfilled. See v. 33; ch. 24.
The Gentiles. The Romans into whose hands Paul would come when Agabus’ prophecy was fulfilled, had both the military and the civil administration of conquered Palestine. Paul was undaunted by the warning and undeterred by the danger.
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