Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart—Beautiful union of manly resoluteness and womanly tenderness, alike removed from mawkishness and stoicism!
I am ready not to be bound only—"If that is all, let it come."
but to die, etc.—It was well he could add this, for he had that also to do.
So shall the Jews bind the man that owneth this girdle, etc.—For though the Romans did it, it was at the Jews' instigation (Acts 21:33; Acts 28:17). Such dramatic methods of announcing important future events would bring the old prophets to remembrance. (Compare Isaiah 20:2, etc.; Jeremiah 13:1, and Ezekiel 5:1, etc.). This prediction and that at Tyre (Acts 21:4) were intended, not to prohibit him from going, but to put his courage to the test and when he stood the test, to deepen and mature it.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 21:13:
Song of Solomon 8:6
Acts 21:4-6
Acts 21:12
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