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And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
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And when they heard
it, they glorified the Lord and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous of the law;
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and they are informed of thee that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise
their children, neither to walk after the customs.
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What is it therefore? The multitude must needs come together, for they will hear that thou art come.
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Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men among us who have a vow on them;
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them take, and purify thyself with them, and pay their expenses, that they may shave
their heads, and all may know that those things, of which they were informed concerning thee, are nothing, but
that thou thyself dost also walk orderly and keep the law.
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As touching the Gentiles who believe, we have written
and concluded that they observe no such thing, except only that they keep themselves from
things offered to idols and from blood and from
that which has been strangled and from fornication.
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Then Paul took the men and the next day, purifying himself with them, entered into the temple to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification until an offering should be offered for each one of them.
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And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews, who were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people and laid hands on him,
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crying out, Men of Israel, help; this is the man that teaches everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place and further brought Greeks also into the temple and has polluted this holy place.
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(For before
this they had seen Trophimus, an Ephesian, with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)