Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 21:11

11 And when he was come unto us, he took Pauls girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that oweth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

It wes ordinary amongst the Prophets to confirm, or at least to exemplify their Prophesies by outward signs and symboles, as Isa. 20.2. Ier. 13.1. Ezek. 12.5. But that of Ier. 27.2. is a parallel unto this; where the Prophet is commanded to make Bonds and Yokes, and to put them upon his neck, to foreshew the subjection of all those Nations unto Nebuchadnezzar.

None of all the sufferings foreshewn concerning St. Paul, or others of Gods Children and Servants, but are ordered by God, who knows them altogether; and they came not out of the dust, or by casualty, or chance, so as not to have been the matter of Gods foreknowledge and Counsel, Eph. 1.11.

The Roman Powers at Ierusalem, and afterwards at Rome.

Marginal references: Chap. 20.23. Verse 13.