Acts 21
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Acts 21:18-24

18And the followingG1897 day PaulG3972 wentG1524 inG1524 with us to 12JamesG2385, and allG3956 3the eldersG4245 were presentG3854.

19After he had greetedG782 them, he 4began to relateG1834 oneG1520 by oneG1520 the things whichG3739 GodG2316 had doneG4160 amongG1722 the GentilesG1484 throughG1223 his 5ministryG1248.

20And when they heardG191 about them, they began 6glorifyingG1392 GodG2316; and they saidG3004 to him, “You seeG2334, brotherG80, howG4214 manyG4214 7thousandsG3461 there are amongG1722 the JewsG2453 of thoseG3588 who have believedG4100, and they are allG3956 8zealousG2207 for the LawG3551;

21and they have been toldG2727 aboutG4012 you, that you are 9teachingG1321 allG3956 the JewsG2453 who are amongG2596 the GentilesG1484 to abandonG646 MosesG3475, tellingG3004 them 10not to circumciseG4059 their childrenG5043 norG3366 to 11walkG4043 according to 12the customsG1485.

22SoG3767 whatG5101 is to be done? They will certainlyG3843 hearG191 that you have comeG2064.

23ThereforeG3767, doG4160 13as we tellG3004 you: we have fourG5064 menG435 who 14have a 15vowG2171 upon themselves;

24takeG3880 them alongG3880 and 16purifyG48 yourself togetherG4862 with them, and 17payG1159 their expensesG1159 soG2443 thatG2443 they may 18shaveG3587 their 19headsG2776; and then everyoneG3956 will knowG1097 that there is nothingG3762 to whatG3739 they have been toldG2727 aboutG4012 you, but that you yourselfG846 alsoG2532 conformG4748, keepingG5442 the LawG3551.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 21:18 Or Jacob ↩
  2. 2. Acts 21:18 Acts 12:17 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 21:18 Acts 11:30 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 21:19 Acts 14:27 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 21:19 Acts 1:17 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 21:20 Matt 9:8 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 21:20 Lit ten thousands ↩
  8. 8. Acts 21:20 Acts 15:1; 22:3; Rom 10:2; Gal 1:14 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 21:21 Acts 21:28 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 21:21 Acts 15:19ff; 1 Cor 7:18f ↩
  11. 11. Acts 21:21 I.e., observe or live by ↩
  12. 12. Acts 21:21 Acts 6:14 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 21:23 Lit this which we ↩
  14. 14. Acts 21:23 Num 6:13-21; Acts 18:18 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 21:23 I.e., a sacred duty to fulfill ↩
  16. 16. Acts 21:24 John 11:55; Acts 21:26; 24:18 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 21:24 Lit spend on them ↩
  18. 18. Acts 21:24 Acts 18:18 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 21:24 Lit head (a requirement of the vow) ↩

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