Disciples shouldn’t be afraid to die as Jesus did

¹After we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, and sailing a straight course, we came to Cos, on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. ²We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea. ³After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre because the ship was to unload its cargo there. ⁴After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. ⁵When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, ⁶we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes. ⁷We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day. ⁸On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. ⁹(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.)

¹⁰While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. ¹¹He 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.’” ¹²When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” ¹⁴Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, “The Lord’s will be done.”