Verse 18

I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go.”

Referenced Verses

• John 13:36 : 36 Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
• Acts 12:3-4 : 3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too.(This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.) 4 When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.
• Acts 21:11 : 11 He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said,“The Holy Spirit says this:‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
• 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
• John 12:27-28 : 27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say?‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven,“I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”