Christian Standard Bible
Acts 21:20
20When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.
Acts 21:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
- New International Version (NIV)When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;
Context of Acts 21:20
18The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. 19After greeting them, he reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law. 21But they have been informed about you — that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to live according to our customs. 22So what is to be done? They will certainly hear that you’ve come.
Read all of Acts 21Acts 21:20 word by word
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεόν, εἶπόν τε αὐτῷ· θεωρεῖς ἀδελφέ, πόσαι μυριάδες εἰσὶν ἐν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις τῶν πεπιστευκότων καὶ πάντες ζηλωταὶ τοῦ νόμου ὑπάρχουσιν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- when they heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- they glorifiedδοξάζωdoxazō · to glorifyG1392
- the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- andτεte · and/bothG5037
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- Thou seestθεωρέωtheōreō · to see/experienceG2334
- brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
- how manyπόσοςposos · how much/many?G4214
- thousandsμυριάςmurias · myriadG3461
- of JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
- there areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- they areὑπάρχωhuparchō · be alreadyG5225
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- zealousζηλωτήςzēlōtēs · zealotG2207
- of the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
Cross-references for Acts 21:20
- Acts 4:21After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done.
- Acts 11:18When they heard this they became silent. And they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has given repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles.”
- Psalms 22:23You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, revere him!
- Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; as long as the sun shines, may his fame increase. May all nations be blessed by him and call him blessed.
- Psalms 98:1Sing a new song to the Lord, for he has performed wonders; his right hand and holy arm have won him victory.
- Isaiah 55:10For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
- Isaiah 66:9“Will I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the Lord; “or will I who deliver, close the womb?” says your God.
- Luke 15:3So he told them this parable:
- Romans 15:6so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with one mind and one voice.
- Galatians 1:24And they glorified God because of me.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10on that day when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marveled at by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
- Revelation 19:6Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters, and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying, Hallelujah, because our Lord God, the Almighty, reigns!
- Acts 2:41So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.
- Acts 4:4But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
- Acts 6:7So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
- Matthew 13:31He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Commentaries on Acts 21:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20How many thousands - ; How many myriads, how many times 10,000. This intimates that there had been a most extraordinary and rapid work even among the Jews; but what is here spoken is not to be confined to the Jews of Jerusalem, but to all that had come from different parts of the land to be present at this pentecost. They are all zealous of the law - The Jewish economy was not yet destroyed; nor had God as yet signified that the whole of its observances…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20They glorified the Lord - They gave praise to the Lord for what he had done. They saw new proofs of his goodness and mercy, and they rendered him thanks for all that had been accomplished. There was no jealousy that it had been done by the instrumentality of Paul. True piety will rejoice in the spread of the gospel, and in the conversion of sinners, by whatever instrumentality it may be effected. Thou seest, brother - The language of tenderness in this…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-26Verses 19-26 Paul ascribed all his success to God, and to God they gave the praise. God had honoured him more than any of the apostles, yet they did not envy him; but on the contrary, glorified the Lord. They could not do more to encourage Paul to go on cheerfully in his work. James and the elders of the church at Jerusalem, asked Paul to gratify the believing Jews, by some compliance with the ceremonial law. They thought it was prudent in him to conform…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-25The leaders of the Jerusalem church urged Paul to strengthen his credibility. They encouraged him to demonstrate that he was not teaching Jews to abandon the laws of Moses. Meanwhile, the leaders did not force Jewish rules on Gentile converts. They had determined these terms earlier and would respect them (15:22–29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2520-25. they glorified the Lord, &c.--constrained to justify his course, notwithstanding the Jewish complexion of the Christianity of Jerusalem.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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