Acts 21:10

10 And as we tarried there some days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

Acts 21:10 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:10

And as we tarried there many days
How many days is not said, it could not be very many, if the apostle got to Jerusalem by Pentecost, as he desired, ( Acts 20:6 Acts 20:15 Acts 20:16 ) ( Acts 21:4 Acts 21:7 )

there came down from Judea a certain prophet named Agabus;
of whom mention is made in ( Acts 11:28 ) who is there said to come from Jerusalem, to Antioch, and here from Judea to Caesarea; he had been many years going about from place to place prophesying, for between that and this account must be a space of about sixteen or seventeen years.

Acts 21:10 In-Context

8 And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him.

9 Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.

10 And as we tarried there some days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

11 And coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

12 And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.