New American Standard Bible 2020
Acts 21:20-27
20And when they heardG191 about them, 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 abandonG646 MosesG3475, tellingG3004 them 5not to circumciseG4059 their childrenG5043 norG3366 to 6walkG4043 according to 7the customsG1485. 22SoG3767 whatG5101 is to be done? They will certainlyG3843 hearG191 that you have comeG2064. 23ThereforeG3767, doG4160 8as we tellG3004 you: we have fourG5064 menG435 who 9have a 10vowG2171 upon themselves; 24takeG3880 them alongG3880 and 11purifyG48 yourself togetherG4862 with them, and 12payG1159 their expensesG1159 soG2443 thatG2443 they may 13shaveG3587 their 14headsG2776; 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. 25But regardingG4012 the GentilesG1484 who have believedG4100, we sentG1989 aG1989 letterG1989, 15having decidedG2919 that they should abstainG5442 from 16meatG3588 sacrificedG1494 toG1494 idolsG1494 and from bloodG129 and what is 17strangledG4156, and from sexualG4202 immoralityG4202.” 26ThenG5119 PaulG3972 18tookG3880 alongG3880 the menG435, and the nextG2192 dayG2250, after 19purifyingG48 himself togetherG4862 with them, he 20wentG1524 into the templeG2413 givingG1229 noticeG1229 of the completionG1604 of the daysG2250 of purificationG49, untilG2193 the sacrificeG4376 was offeredG4374 for eachG1538 oneG1520 of them.
27WhenG5613 21the sevenG2033 daysG2250 were almostG3195 overG4931, 22the JewsG2453 from 2324AsiaG773, upon seeingG2300 him in the templeG2413, began to stirG4797 upG4797 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 this which we ↩
- 9. Acts 21:23 Num 6:13-21; Acts 18:18 ↩
- 10. Acts 21:23 I.e., a sacred duty to fulfill ↩
- 11. Acts 21:24 John 11:55; Acts 21:26; 24:18 ↩
- 12. Acts 21:24 Lit spend on them ↩
- 13. Acts 21:24 Acts 18:18 ↩
- 14. Acts 21:24 Lit head (a requirement of the vow) ↩
- 15. Acts 21:25 Acts 15:19f, 29 ↩
- 16. Acts 21:25 Lit the thing ↩
- 17. Acts 21:25 I.e., to retain the blood ↩
- 18. Acts 21:26 Or took along the men the next day, and after purifying himself ↩
- 19. Acts 21:26 John 11:55; Acts 21:24; 24:18 ↩
- 20. Acts 21:26 Num 6:13; Acts 24:18 ↩
- 21. Acts 21:27 Num 6:9, 13-20 ↩
- 22. Acts 21:27 Acts 20:19; 24:18 ↩
- 23. Acts 21:27 I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor ↩
- 24. 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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