Acts 21: Paul's Arrest in Jerusalem

Disciples along the way warn Paul of danger, and Agabus prophesies his binding, but Paul is ready to die for the Lord. In Jerusalem he joins in a purification rite, yet Jews from Asia stir up the crowd, and Roman soldiers rescue him from being beaten to death.

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According to Acts 21:10-11, what did the prophet Agabus do when he came down from Judea to Caesarea?

He publicly rebuked Paul for planning to go to Jerusalem at all, and urged the church to stop himHe predicted a famine that would soon strike the whole region, and urged the believers to send reliefHe baptized Paul a second time before the journey, as a sign that the Spirit would go with himHe borrowed Paul's belt to tie up his own hands and feet, then announced a Spirit-given warning about Paul's coming arrest