Acts 21:14 Meaning and Explanation
“And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.”
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What Does Acts 21:14 Mean?
Seeing that Paul will not be moved, his friends stop urging him. They lay down their pleading with words of surrender: the will of the Lord be done. Their love now expresses itself not in resistance but in release.
It is the same prayer the Lord Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, and it is the hardest prayer to mean. To say 'Thy will be done' over someone we love, when that will may lead through suffering, is to trust that God's purpose is kinder and wiser than our fear. In that surrender the company finds peace.
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What does Acts 21:14 mean?
Unable to change his mind, his friends fall silent and yield, saying, The will of the Lord be done.