Acts 21:1-14

V4 …said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go …

Acts 20:22-24
…I go bound in the Spirit …
…but none of these things move me …

(You should not go if these things move you and you count your life dear unto yourself) ? Jdg 7:3  …Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart …)

V5 … they all brought us on our way, with wives and children … (it wasn’t half term- just there weren’t public schools)

“But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.” (Judges 6:34-35)

… kneeled down on the shore, and prayed (2 Co 10:3-5)
VS
…them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.” (Judges 7:6, KJV)

V8 one of the seven… Acts 6:3-5

V11 bound his own hands and feet
Acts 20:22 … behold, I go bound in the spirit
Paul knew already. So, could it be the prophecy was for the others?

“But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men (the church v5) to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.” (1 Corinthians 14:3, KJV)

V12 Luke had heard “these things “ already, but now the third time he started to get the message (v4; Acts 20:23)

V13… for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21, KJV)

“And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” (2 Corinthians 5:15, KJV)