[[Acts-20]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Acts-19]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Acts-21]] --- ### except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Paul reports a recurring revelation from the Holy Spirit predicting his future arrest, imprisonment, and suffering upon his arrival in Jerusalem. *Historical context*: This prophecy was fulfilled shortly after in [[Acts-21#v27|Acts 21:27]]-36, when Paul was arrested in the Jerusalem temple following a riot. He remained in Roman custody for several years, first in Caesarea under Felix and Festus, and later in Rome ([[Acts|Acts 24]]-28). *Related to*: ### Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God's Kingdom, will see my face no more. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Paul predicts that his departure from the Ephesian elders at Miletus is final and that they will never meet him in person again. *Historical context*: The biblical narrative in Acts concludes without Paul returning to Ephesus. While the Pastoral Epistles ([[1 Tim-01#v3|1 Timothy 1:3]]) suggest Paul may have visited the region of Asia Minor again after his first Roman imprisonment, there is no historical or scriptural record of him reuniting with this specific group of elders, maintaining the finality of this farewell address. *Related to*: ### For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Paul predicts that the church in Ephesus will face future spiritual attacks from both external false teachers ('wolves') and internal apostates who will distort Christian doctrine. *Historical context*: This was historically fulfilled by the rise of various heresies in the Ephesian church, as documented in [[1 Tim-01#v3|1 Timothy 1:3]]-7, 1:20 (mentioning Hymenaeus and Alexander), and [[Rev-02#v1|Revelation 2:1]]-7, where the church is commended for testing false apostles and opposing the Nicolaitans but warned for losing their 'first love' amidst these internal and external struggles. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy