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Acts 20:23 KJV
Acts · chapter 20 · verse 23
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.Acts 20:23 · King James Version
Acts 20:23 in context
21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
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Key words (Strong's)
- afflictionsthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- witnessethdiamartyromaito testify, earnestly, religiously to charge, to attest, testify to, solemnly affirm, to…G1263 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- Ghostpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- bondsdesmosa band or bondG1199 →
- abidemenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
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It should seem the ship Paul and his companions were embarked in for Jerusalem attended him on purpose, and staid or moved as he pleased; for when he came to Miletus, he went ashore, and tarried thee so long as to send for the elders of Ephesus to come to him thither;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-35