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Therewentwithusalso certain of the disciplesofCaesarea, and brought with themoneMnason of Cyprus, an olddisciple, with whom we should lodge.
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And when we were cometoJerusalem, the brethrenreceivedusgladly.
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And the day followingPaul went inwithusuntoJames;andall the elders were present.
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And when he had salutedthem, he declaredparticularly*whatthingsGod had wroughtamong the Gentilesbyhisministry.
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And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord,andsaid unto him, Thou seest, brother, how manythousands of Jews there arewhichbelieve; and they areallzealous of the law:
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And they are informedofthee,that thou teachestall the Jews which are among the GentilestoforsakeMoses,saying that theyoughtnot to circumcise their children,neither to walk after the customs.
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What is ittherefore? the multitudemustneeds come together: for they will hearthat thou art come.
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Dothereforethisthat we say to thee:Wehavefourmen which have a vowonthem;
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Themtake, and purify thyselfwiththem,and be at chargeswiththem,that they may shave their heads:andall may know that those things,whereof they were informedconcerningthee,arenothing;but that thou thyselfalso walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
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Astouching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that theyobserveno such thing, save only that they keepthemselvesfrom things offered to idols,and from blood,and from strangled,and from fornication.
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ThenPaultook the men, and the nextday purifying himselfwiththementeredinto the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification,untilthat an offering should be offeredforeveryone of them.