"Since he would not be persuaded" They realized that any more pleading would be fruitless. "The will of the Lord be done!". would interpret this exclamation as meaning that in spite of the warnings of persecution, it was the Lord's will that Paul go to Jerusalem, and that is why Paul could not be stopped (compare with Acts 20:22). The same Holy Spirit that predicted the sufferings also commanded Paul to go. Caesarea is about 65 miles NW of Jerusalem.

TO JERUSALEM

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