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and Paul answered, `What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'
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and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, `The will of the Lord be done.'
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And after these days, having taken [our] vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,
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and there went also of the disciples from Cesarea with us, bringing with them him with whom we may lodge, a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an aged disciple.
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And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren did gladly receive us,
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and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,
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and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,
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and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, `Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,
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and they are instructed concerning thee, that apostacy from Moses thou dost teach to all Jews among the nations, saying -- Not to circumcise the children, nor after the customs to walk;
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what then is it? certainly the multitude it behoveth to come together, for they will hear that thou hast come.
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`This, therefore, do that we say to thee: We have four men having a vow on themselves,