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Coming to us, and taking Paul`s belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: `So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.`"
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Commentators unanimously explain that Agabus's act of binding himself with Paul's belt was a form of prophetic symbolism. This dramatic method, also used by Old Testament prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, was designed to make the Holy Spirit's warning about Paul's future arrest more vivid, forceful, and memorable.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He took Paul's girdle. The loose, flowing robes, or outer garments, worn in eastern countries were bound by a girdle, or sash…
Coming (ελθÂων, second aorist active participle of ερχομα), taking (αρας, first aorist active participle of αιρÂω, to take up),
19th Century
Anglican
He took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet.—The manuscripts vary between "his hands" (St. Paul's) and "his o…
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While Paul was at Caesarea, the Jerusalemite prophet Agabus (cf. 11:27– 28) came there. With the belt that held Paul’s outer cloak together, he tie…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he was come unto us In Philip's house:
he took Paul's girdle and bound his own hands and…
Paul had express warning of his troubles, so that when they came, they would be no surprise or terror to him. The general notice given to us, that …
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