Acts 20:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 9:16 : 16 for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'
  • Acts 21:4 : 4 And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;
  • Acts 21:11 : 11 and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, `Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle -- so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver `him' up to the hands of nations.'
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,
  • John 16:33 : 33 these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'
  • Acts 8:29 : 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'
  • 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny `him', he also shall deny us;
  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded `him' to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 85%

    18and when they were come unto him, he said to them, `Ye -- ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;

    19serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against `me';

    20how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,

    21testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

    22`And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,

  • 80%

    24but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

    25`And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, -- ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

  • 2 Tim 2:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

    10because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that `is' in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

  • Phil 1:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

    13so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places -- all,

    14and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold -- fearlessly to speak the word.

  • 13and Paul answered, `What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

  • 11the persecutions, the afflictions, that befel me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me,

  • 30the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

  • 20for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely -- as it behoveth me to speak.

  • 73%

    21because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring to kill `me'.

    22`Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,

  • 11And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'

  • 72%

    18and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;

    19and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

  • Rom 9:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

    2that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

  • 19in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

  • 23And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;

  • 11and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, `Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle -- so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver `him' up to the hands of nations.'

  • 21And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in the Spirit, having gone through Macedonia and Achaia, to go on to Jerusalem, saying -- `After my being there, it behoveth me also to see Rome;'

  • Phil 1:17-20
    4 verses
    71%

    17and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

    18what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed -- and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

    19For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

    20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

  • 26journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren;

  • 21and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

  • 24I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

  • 31that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that `is' for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints;

  • 29and Paul said, `I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'

  • 8therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

  • 28and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

  • 17Henceforth, let no one give me trouble, for I the scars of the Lord Jesus in my body do bear.

  • 22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

  • 5as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

  • 28apart from the things without -- the crowding upon me that is daily -- the care of all the assemblies.

  • 8For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

  • 23and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

  • 3that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,

  • 23ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

  • 2 Tim 4:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

    6for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

  • 13whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

  • 31`Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;