And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
Philip the evangelist opened his house and welcomed Paul and the whole company without hesitation. Notice how he rose from deacon, serving tables, to evangelist planting churches through faithfulness, that is how God promotes His servants, not by seeking place but by doing present work well.
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Commenting on Acts 21:8-14
Agabus bound his own hands and feet to show what would befall Paul, after the manner of the old prophets who prophesied by types and symbols. The Holy Spirit spoke through him and foretold these things, which came to pass, proof of the Spirit's foreknowledge and deity.
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The prophets often acted out their predictions to make them forcible and impressive to the eye. Agabus bound his own hands and feet as an emblem of what the Jews would do to Paul, just as Jeremiah buried his girdle by the Euphrates and Isaiah walked naked to signify coming captivity.
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