ACTS 21:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.”
And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, 'The will of the Lord be done' — the community surrenders its protective anxiety to divine will, echoing Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane. Silence becomes the language of acceptance; they cease their weeping and acknowledge that Paul's calling transcends their love for him.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:14
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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