Neville Goddard on Acts 21:10-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 21 in context

Scripture Focus

10And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

11And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's 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 owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

Acts 21:10-11

Biblical Context

Agabus foretells that the owner of Paul's girdle will be bound by the Jews and delivered to the Gentiles. The passage serves as a symbolic warning that outer events reflect inner commitments.

Neville's Inner Vision

Agabus's act is the inner drama visible in a symbolic gesture. The girdle becomes a symbol of the belief I wear that boundaries are fixed, that fate is handed to me by others. When I own that girdle—when I identify with the sense of being bound—the 'Jews' within me bind my hands and feet with fear, and the 'Gentiles' are the recognizable circumstances that seem to deliver me to suffering. In Neville's terms, the Holy Ghost is the I AM, the awareness that remains untouched by appearance. The prophecy thus serves as a reminder: my outer fate is the result of an inner state that I have accepted as true. If I persist in the belief that I am bound, I will experience bondage; if I revise that belief now, bondage dissolves as a shadow disappears under light. Therefore I return to the quiet certainty of I AM, imagining the belt loosening, slipping away, and the body of my life reflecting a state of liberty. Let the mind declare: 'I am unbound by any story of others' control; I am free now in the awareness that I AM.'

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of being unbound: close your eyes and declare, 'I am unbound now.' Feel the girdle loosening and slipping away as your true I AM presence remains, bright and constant.