ACTS 21:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Then Paul answered, 'Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus' — Paul's resolve echoes Jesus' words before his passion (Luke 9:51, 22:42). The phrase 'for the name of the Lord Jesus' grounds his willingness in christological conviction; martyrdom is not mere political or legal tragedy but redemptive witness to Christ's name.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? Acts 21:13 Do you mark? Lest, having heard that saying, I go bound in the Spirit Acts 20:22, you should imagine it a matter of necessity, or that he fell into it ignorantly, therefore these things are foretold. But they wept, and he comforted them, grieving at their tears. For, what mean ye, he says, to weep and to break my heart? Nothing could be more affectionate: because he saw them weeping, he grieved, he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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