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While we were staying there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
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He came to us and took Paul's belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, "This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.' "
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When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
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Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, "The Lord's will be done."
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After these days we got ready and started to go up to Jerusalem.
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Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came along and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.
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When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us warmly.
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The next day Paul went with us to visit James; and all the elders were present.
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After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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When they heard it, they praised God. Then they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all zealous for the law.