Bound in the spirit (δεδεμενος τω πνευματ). Perfect passive participle of δεω, to bind, with the locative case. "Bound in my spiri…

Bound in the spirit. Strongly urged or constrained by the influences of the Holy Spirit on my mind. Not by any desire to see the place whe…

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit.—The question arises for us as before (see Note on Acts 19:21), whether the wor…

The second section of Paul’s addre concerns his plans to go to Jerusalem. Many have claimed a discrepancy between his being “compelled by the Spiri…

And, behold. He now declares more fully for what purpose he spoke of his upright dealing: namely, because they would never see him again. …

And now behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem ,
&c.] Not in his own spirit, though the Ethiopic version read…

The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man. Those who would serve the Lord acceptably in any office, and profitably to others, mu…