Handelingen 21:13

13 Maar Paulus antwoordde: Wat doet gij, dat gij weent, en mijn hart week maakt? Want ik ben bereid niet alleen gebonden te worden, maar ook te sterven te Jeruzalem voor den Naam van den Heere Jezus.

Handelingen 21:13 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:13

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.

Handelingen 21:13 In-Context

11 En hij kwam tot ons, en nam den gordel van Paulus, en zichzelven handen en voeten gebonden hebbende, zeide: Dit zegt de Heilige Geest: Den man, wiens deze gordel is, zullen de Joden alzo te Jeruzalem binden, en overleveren in de handen der heidenen.

12 Als wij nu dit hoorden, baden beiden wij en die van die plaats waren, dat hij niet zou opgaan naar Jeruzalem.

13 Maar Paulus antwoordde: Wat doet gij, dat gij weent, en mijn hart week maakt? Want ik ben bereid niet alleen gebonden te worden, maar ook te sterven te Jeruzalem voor den Naam van den Heere Jezus.

14 En als hij zich niet liet afraden, hielden wij ons tevreden, zeggende: De wil des Heeren geschiede.

15 En na die dagen maakten wij ons gereed, en gingen op naar Jeruzalem.