John Gill's Exposition on Acts 21:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when he was come unto us, etc.] In Philip’s house: he took Paul’s girdle and bound his own hands and feet; and so prophesied by types and symbols, and gestures, as the prophets of old did; as Isaiah in (<232002>Isaiah 20:2,3) and Jeremiah in (<241301>Jeremiah 13:1-9, 27:2,3), and Ezekiel in (<260401>Ezekiel 4:1-13, 12:3,7) and Hosea in (<280102>Hosea 1:2,3), some understand this of his binding Paul’s hands and feet, but it seems rather to design his own: and said, thus saith the Holy Ghost; who was in Agabus, and spoke by him, and foretold some things to come to pass; and which did come to pass, and is a proof of the foreknowledge, and so of the deity of the blessed Spirit: so shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle; meaning Paul, and who accordingly was bound in like manner, a very little time after this; (see <442133>Acts 21:33) and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles; the Romans, as they afterwards did.

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