Except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
In every city: There were in every city Christian prophets, who foretold to Paul the tribulations which awaited him. It appears, then, that the apostle did not know these things by immediate revelation made to himself, but by that made to the prophets. Of this we have a proof in the next chapter.
Then is this why you depart? By no means; on the contrary (I know that), bonds and afflictions await me. That (there are) trials, I know, but of what kind I know not: which was more grievous. But none of these things move me
