Acts 21:16-26

16 Some of ¹the disciples from ²Caesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of ³Cyprus, a ⁴disciple of long standing with whom we were to lodge.

17 After we arrived in Jerusalem, ⁵the brethren received us gladly.

18 And the following day Paul went in with us to ⁶James, and all ⁷the elders were present.

19 After he had greeted them, he ⁸began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ⁹ministry.

20 And when they heard it they began ¹⁰glorifying God; and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all ¹¹zealous for the Law;

21 and they have been told about you, that you are ¹²teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them ¹³not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to ¹⁴the customs.

22 "What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

23 "Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who ¹⁵are under * a vow;

24 take them and ¹⁶purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may ¹⁷shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

25 "But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, ¹⁸having decided that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication."

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, ¹⁹purifying himself along with them, ²⁰went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 21:4
• 2. Acts 8:40
• 3. Acts 4:36; Acts 21:3
• 4. Acts 15:7
• 5. Acts 1:15; Acts 21:7
• 6. Acts 12:17
• 7. Acts 11:30
• 8. Acts 14:27
• 9. Acts 1:17
• 10. Matthew 9:8
• 11. Acts 15:1; Acts 22:3; Romans 10:2; Galatians 1:14
• 12. Acts 21:28
• 13. Acts 15:19f; 1 Corinthians 7:18
• 14. Acts 6:14
• 15. Numbers 6:13-21; Acts 18:18
• 16. John 11:55; Acts 21:26; Acts 24:18
• 17. Acts 18:18
• 18. Acts 15:19f, 29
• 19. John 11:55; Acts 21:24; Acts 24:18
• 20. Numbers 6:13; Acts 24:18

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Jacob"
• [b] Lit "ten thousands"
• [c] I.e. observe or live by
• [d] Lit "have a vow on them"
• [e] Lit "spend on them"
• [f] Lit "head"
• [g] Lit "the thing"
• [h] Or "took the men the next day, and purifying himself"