When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
These good men had no single revelation and so disagreed; they rightly feared for the Church's safety if Paul came to harm. But Paul's inflexibility in God's will surpasses their concern. He knew his bonds awaited him, yet because God's will was his only rule, he made nothing of the rest. We must be so subject to God that no profit or reason moves us from obeying Him.
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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
They saw the prophecy and the signs of it, and both Paul's companions and the Caesarean disciples wept and begged him not to go. In them it was weakness, though it showed affection; in the locals, pure love and concern for his safety; in his companions, love mixed perhaps with fear for themselves. Their tears were real, but Paul would not be turned.
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