Acts 21:11

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And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's belt, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this belt, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

so then he had a girdle also. But when they could not persuade him— this was why they wept— then they held their peace. Do you mark the resignation? Do you mark the affection? They held their peace, it says, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

He who formerly had declared about the famine, the same says, This man, who owns this girdle, thus shall they bind. Acts 11:28 The same that the prophets used to do, representing events to the sight, when they spoke about the captivity— as did Ezekiel— the same did this (Agabus). And, what is the grievous part of the business, deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

When Agabus, making use of corresponding action too, had foretold that bonds awaited Paul, the disciples, weeping and entreating that he would not venture upon going to Jerusalem, entreated in vain.

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