Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Note d'étude
Study Note
Paul's response to those weeping over his impending danger — 'what mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus' — presents the clearest statement of his martyr-readiness. The phrase 'break mine heart' (synthrybein) indicates that the community's grief was becoming a spiritual obstacle — not a help but a potential deterrent. The willingness to die 'for the name' echoes the Acts 5:41 joy of the apostles who suffered dishonor 'for the name,' and anticipates Ignatius of Antioch's famous letter expressing eagerness for martyrdom. Acts 21:14's 'the will of the Lord be done' shows the community's acceptance of Paul's resolve in language recalling Gethsemane.
Autres traductions
Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
and 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;'
Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Références croisées
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy …
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen …
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord …
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, …
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, …
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his …
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish …
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or …