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PAUL'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM . 205 and feet,saying,"So shalltheJews atJerusalem bindtheman thatowneth thisgirdle,and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles." The companions of Paul had been aware that his visit to Jerusalem would be attended with greatperil; but they had not foreseenthe full extentof the danger. Now apprehensionhad become certainty; and to the perilsto be encountered from the Jews were added the horrors of a Roman imprisonment. They earnestlyentreatedPaul to staywhere he was,and permit them to go to Jerusalem to deliverthe contributions from the Gentile churches . The brethren at Cæsarea alsounitedtheirprayersand tearswith thoseof hiscompanions: Why should hefacethisgreatperil? Why exposehisprecious lifeto the malice of the Jews ? Would it not be presumptuousto go, afterreceivingdefinite warning from theSpiritof God ?The apostlewas deeply moved by the entreaties of his beloved brethren . To human judgment he had sufficientreasontorelinquish hisplan as unwise. But he feltthathe was moving in obedienceto the willof God , and he couldnot be deterredby thevoiceof friends,or even the warning of the prophet. He would not swerve from the path of duty to the right hand nor to the left. He must followChrist,if need be,to prison and to death. His tearsfell notforhimself,but insympathy with hisbrethren,upon whom hisdeterminationhad brought sogreatsorrow. "What mean ye to weep,and to break mine heart?" he exclaimed; " for I am readynot to be bound only, but alsoto die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus." Seeingthattheycausedhim pain,withoutchang