<p>21:14- see on Acts 20:23.<i><br /></i><i>And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying: The will of the Lord be done<em>-</em></i> I don't take this as a mere passing comment of resignation. Rather did the brethren perceive that Paul was being shown the consequences of serving the Lord one way, but chose to do the Lord's will in another way- by going to Jerusalem and pursuing his mission to the Jews which the Lord preferred Peter to focus upon. They accepted Paul's choice and wished for the Lord's will to be further developed. Paul was not in that sense going against the Lord's will, but doing it. It would be &quot;done&quot; by the choice he made. We wonder whether Paul wrote to the Ephesians, using the same words, thinking of his own struggles to understand not only the Lord's will, but how he could best fulfil it: &quot;understand what the will of the Lord is&quot; (Eph. 5:17). Luke and other early brethren seemed to have had the Gethsemane record in mind in their sufferings, as we can <em>also</em> do (Acts 21:14 = Mk. 14:36).</p>