Acts 21:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads: and 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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Take these men, join in their purification rites, and pay their expenses so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth to these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    these{G5128} take,{G3880} and purify thyself{G48} with{G4862} them,{G846} and{G2532} be at charges{G1159} for{G1909} them,{G846} that{G2443} they may shave{G3587} their heads:{G2776} and{G2532} all{G3956} shall know{G1097} that{G3754} there is{G2076} no truth{G3762} in the things{G3739} whereof they have been informed{G2727} concerning{G4012} thee;{G4675} but{G235} that thou thyself{G846} also{G2532} walkest orderly,{G4748} keeping{G5442} the law.{G3551}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Them{G5128} take{G3880}{(G5631)}, and purify thyself{G48}{(G5682)} with{G4862} them{G846}, and{G2532} be at charges{G1159}{(G5657)} with{G1909} them{G846}, that{G2443} they may shave{G3587}{(G5667)} their heads{G2776}: and{G2532} all{G3956} may know{G1097}{(G5632)} that those things{G3754}, whereof{G3739} they were informed{G2727}{(G5769)} concerning{G4012} thee{G4675}, are{G2076}{(G5748)} nothing{G3762}; but{G235} that thou thyself{G846} also{G2532} walkest orderly{G4748}{(G5719)}, and keepest{G5442}{(G5723)} the law{G3551}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Them take and purifye thy selfe with them and do cost on them that they maye shave their heeddes and all shall knowe yt tho thinges which they have hearde concerninge the are nothinge: but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    take them vnto ye, and purifye thyselfe with them, and do the cost on them, that they maye shaue their heades: and they shal knowe, that it is nothinge, wherof they are enfourmed agaynst the, but that thou also walkest and kepest the lawe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Them take, and purifie thy selfe with them, and contribute with them, that they may shaue their heads: and all shall knowe, that those things, whereof they haue bene informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and keepest the Lawe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Them take, & purifie thy selfe with them, and do coste on them, that they may shaue their heades: And all shall knowe, that those thynges whiche they haue hearde concernyng thee, are nothyng, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave [their] heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but [that] thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk -- thyself also -- the law keeping.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    these take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges for them, that they may shave their heads: and all shall know that there is no truth in the things whereof they have been informed concerning thee; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    these take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges for them, that they may shave their heads: and all shall know that there is no truth in the things whereof they have been informed concerning thee; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 21:26 : 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purifying himself with them, entered into the temple, to announce the fulfillment of the days of purification, at the end of which an offering should be made for each of them.
  • Acts 24:18 : 18 In the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a crowd, nor with tumult.
  • Acts 18:18 : 18 And Paul stayed a good while longer, and then took leave of the brethren and sailed to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shaved his head in Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow.
  • 1 Cor 9:20 : 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win the Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law;
  • Gal 2:12 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
  • Heb 9:10-14 : 10 Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh, 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  • Exod 19:10 : 10 And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes,
  • Exod 19:14 : 14 And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
  • Num 6:5 : 5 All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head: until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
  • Num 6:9 : 9 And if anyone dies very suddenly near him, and he defiles the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
  • Num 6:13 : 13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting:
  • Num 6:18 : 18 And the Nazarite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair of his consecrated head, and put it in the fire under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
  • Num 19:17-22 : 17 And for an unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put there in a vessel: 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening. 20 But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute to them, that he who sprinkles the water of purification shall wash his clothes; and he who touches the water of purification shall be unclean until evening. 22 And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul who touches it shall be unclean until evening.
  • Judg 13:5 : 5 For, behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
  • Judg 16:17-19 : 17 that he told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazarite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man." 18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart." So the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand. 19 Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.
  • 2 Chr 30:18-19 : 18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon everyone 19 That prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
  • Job 1:5 : 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.
  • Job 41:25 : 25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; because of the crashing they are beside themselves.
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a discussion between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.
  • John 11:55 : 55 And the Jews' Passover was near at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 87%

    20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous for the law:

    21 And they are informed about you, that you teach all the Jews among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor walk according to the customs.

    22 What is it then? the multitude must certainly come together: for they will hear that you are come.

    23 Do therefore what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow upon themselves;

  • 78%

    25 As for 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, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.

    26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purifying himself with them, entered into the temple, to announce the fulfillment of the days of purification, at the end of which an offering should be made for each of them.

  • 7 And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purification upon them, let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and make themselves clean.

  • Lev 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside of his tent seven days.

    9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, he shall also wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

  • 24 Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, You must be circumcised and keep the law—to whom we gave no such commandment—

  • 70%

    28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

    29 that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

  • 70%

    16 And here I exercise myself, to have always a conscience without offense toward God, and toward men.

    17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

    18 In the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a crowd, nor with tumult.

  • 5 They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

  • 69%

    21 And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren who came reported or spoken any evil of you.

    22 But we desire to hear from you what you think, for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.

  • 21 And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive or observe, being Romans.

  • 18 And Paul stayed a good while longer, and then took leave of the brethren and sailed to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shaved his head in Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow.

  • 5 But there arose certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

  • 20 They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they shall only trim their hair.

  • Acts 16:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3 Paul wanted him to go with him, and took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places; for they knew that his father was a Greek.

    4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were ordained by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

  • 34 Therefore I urge you to take nourishment: for this is for your safety: for not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.

  • 68%

    19 Therefore, my judgment is that we should not trouble those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

    20 But that we write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.

  • 28 And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to keep company with or come to one of another nation; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

  • 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.

  • Rom 2:24-25
    2 verses
    67%

    24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written.

    25 For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

  • 1 And certain men who came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.

  • Lev 13:40-41
    2 verses
    67%

    40 And the man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, yet he is clean.

    41 And if his hair has fallen from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald, yet he is clean.

  • 11 Because you may understand that there are only twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • 27 And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

  • 20 And purify all your clothing, all that is made of skin, all work of goats' hair, and everything made of wood.

  • 41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you.

  • 33 he shall be shaved, but the scaly disease shall not be shaved, and the priest shall shut up the one who has the scaly disease seven more days.

  • Gal 6:12-13
    2 verses
    66%

    12 As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ.

    13 For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.

  • 35 And said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do as touching these men.

  • 18 And the Nazarite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair of his consecrated head, and put it in the fire under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

  • 21 This is the law of the Nazarite who has vowed, and of his offering to the LORD for his separation, besides what else his hand is able to provide: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do according to the law of his separation.

  • 5 All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head: until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

  • 9 And if anyone dies very suddenly near him, and he defiles the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

  • 4 And when they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to hold, like the washing of cups, pots, bronze vessels, and tables.

  • 3 Saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them.

  • 14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:

  • 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.