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Bound in the spirit (dedemenos tōi pneumati). Perfect passive participle of deō, to bind, with the locative case. “Bound in my spirit” he means, as in Act 19:21, from a high sense of duty. The mention of “the Holy Spirit” specifically in Act 20:23seems to be in contrast to his own spirit here. His own spirit was under the control of the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:16) and the sense does not differ greatly.
Not knowing (mē eidōs). Second perfect active participle of oida with mē.
That shall befall me (ta sunantēsonta emoi). Articular future active participle of sunantaō, to meet with (Act 10:25), to befall (with associative instrumental case) and compare with sumbantōn (befell) in Act 20:19. One of the rare instances of the future participle in the N.T.