Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he (A)took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

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Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.(A)

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23 Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow. 24 Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may (A)shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law. 25 But concerning the Gentiles who believe, (B)we have written and decided [a]that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from [b]sexual immorality.”

Arrested in the Temple

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having been purified with them, (C)entered the temple (D)to announce the [c]expiration of the days of purification, at which time an offering should be made for each one of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:25 NU omits that they should observe no such thing, except
  2. Acts 21:25 fornication
  3. Acts 21:26 completion

23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.(A) 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(B) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(C) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”(D)

26 The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.(E)

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14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and (A)save some of them.

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14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy(A) and save(B) some of them.

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