New American Standard Bible 1995
Acts 21:20-27
20And when they heardG191 it they began 1glorifyingG1392 GodG2316; and they saidG3004 to him, “You seeG2334, brotherG80, howG4214 manyG4214 2thousandsG3461 there are amongG1722 the JewsG2453 of thoseG3588 who have believedG4100, and they are allG3956 3zealousG2207 for the LawG3551; 21and they have been toldG2727 aboutG4012 you, that you are 4teachingG1321 allG3956 the JewsG2453 who are amongG2596 the GentilesG1484 to forsakeG646 MosesG3475, tellingG3004 them 5not to circumciseG4059 their childrenG5043 norG3366 to 6walkG4043 according to 7the customsG1485. 22WhatG5101, thenG3767, is to be done? They will certainlyG3843 hearG191 that you have comeG2064. 23ThereforeG3767 doG4160 thisG3778 that we tellG3004 you. We have fourG5064 menG435 who 89are underG2192G1909 a vowG2171; 24takeG3880 them and 10purifyG48 yourself alongG4862 with them, and 11payG1159 their expensesG1159 soG2443 that they may 12shaveG3587 their 13headsG2776; and allG3956 will knowG1097 that there is nothingG3762 to the things whichG3739 they have been toldG2727 aboutG4012 you, but that you yourselfG846 alsoG2532 walkG4748 orderlyG4748, keepingG5442 the LawG3551. 25But concerningG4012 the GentilesG1484 who have believedG4100, we wroteG1989, 14having decidedG2919 that they should abstainG5442 from 15meatG3588 sacrificedG1494 to idolsG1494 and from bloodG129 and from what is strangledG4156 and from fornicationG4202.” 26ThenG5119 PaulG3972 16tookG3880 the menG435, and the nextG2192 dayG2250, 17purifyingG48 himself alongG4862 with them, 18wentG1524 into the templeG2413 givingG1229 noticeG1229 of the completionG1604 of the daysG2250 of purificationG49, untilG2193 the sacrificeG4376 was offeredG4374 for eachG1538 oneG1520 of them.
27WhenG5613 19the sevenG2033 daysG2250 were almostG3195 overG4931, 20the JewsG2453 from 2122AsiaG773, upon seeingG2300 him in the templeG2413, began to stirG4797 up allG3956 the crowdG3793 and laidG1911 handsG5495 on him,
Notes
- 1. Acts 21:20 Matt 9:8 ↩
- 2. Acts 21:20 Lit ten thousands ↩
- 3. Acts 21:20 Acts 15:1; 22:3; Rom 10:2; Gal 1:14 ↩
- 4. Acts 21:21 Acts 21:28 ↩
- 5. Acts 21:21 Acts 15:19ff; 1 Cor 7:18f ↩
- 6. Acts 21:21 I.e. observe or live by ↩
- 7. Acts 21:21 Acts 6:14 ↩
- 8. Acts 21:23 Lit have a vow on them ↩
- 9. Acts 21:23 Num 6:13-21; Acts 18:18 ↩
- 10. Acts 21:24 John 11:55; Acts 21:26; 24:18 ↩
- 11. Acts 21:24 Lit spend on them ↩
- 12. Acts 21:24 Acts 18:18 ↩
- 13. Acts 21:24 Lit head ↩
- 14. Acts 21:25 Acts 15:19f, 29 ↩
- 15. Acts 21:25 Lit the thing ↩
- 16. Acts 21:26 Or took the men the next day, and purifying himself ↩
- 17. Acts 21:26 John 11:55; Acts 21:24; 24:18 ↩
- 18. Acts 21:26 Num 6:13; Acts 24:18 ↩
- 19. Acts 21:27 Num 6:9, 13-20 ↩
- 20. Acts 21:27 Acts 20:19; 24:18 ↩
- 21. Acts 21:27 I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor ↩
- 22. Acts 21:27 Acts 16:6 ↩
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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