1. They urged Paul not to go (1-11)

Paul was going to Jerusalem with an offering from the Gentile churches. It was a testimony of God's work among the Gentile believers. In each place he went to along the way he was urged by the believers-even through the Holy Spirit-not to go to Jerusalem because of what awaited him. In Caesarea, he stayed with Philip the evangelist. The prophet Agabus came, took Paul's belt, and demonstrated how the Jews in Jerusalem would bind Paul and hand him over to the Gentiles.

2. I am ready to die for the name of Jesus (12-16)

Paul would not be dissuaded, even by the pleading of the disciples. He knew that hardships awaited him, but he would go to Jerusalem even if it meant being bound or dying-all for the name of the Lord Jesus. His friends gave up and said, "The Lord's will be done." Doing all things for the Lord Jesus is surely God's will.