And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
14. We ceased saying. If they had thought that he ran rashly unto death, they would not have ceased so. Therefore, they yield lest they resist the Holy Spirit, whereby they understand that Paul is governed. For that which they had heard before, by the mouth of Paul, that he was drawn, as it were, by the bands of the Spirit, was quite out of...
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
And when he would not be persuaded,.... But was determined to go to Jerusalem at all events: we ceased; both from tears and arguments: saying, the will of the Lord be done; which was right, and to which they ought to have submitted, and acquiesced in at first, without using any arguments to have dissuaded the apostle from going to Jerusalem; since they might have...