Acts 20:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

Bible Comments

spirit

Compare (Acts 21:4).

In (Acts 20:22) Paul's own spirit

( See Scofield) - (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

is meant; in (Acts 21:4), the Holy Spirit is meant. Paul's motive in going to Jerusalem seems to have been his great affection for the Jews (Romans 9:1-5) and his hope that gifts of the Gentile churches, sent by him to the poor saints at Jerusalem (Romans 15:25-28) would open the hearts of the law-bound Jewish believers to the "gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:24).

Acts 20:22

22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: