Acts 21:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 15:12 : 12 The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leaders among the brothers, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.
  • Acts 19:32 : 32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

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  • 82%

    19 When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

    20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.

    21 They have been informed about you– that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.

  • 80%

    23 So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;

    24 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.

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    21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

    22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

    23 They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

  • 33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”

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    27 Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.

    28 He said to them,“You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.

    29 Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”

  • 15 because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

  • 32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

  • Acts 15:4-6
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    72%

    4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

    5 But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said,“It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”

    6 Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

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    21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

    22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

  • 25 But someone came and reported to them,“Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!”

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    19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

    20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”

    21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

  • 38 And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

  • 1 The Jerusalem Council Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers,“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

  • 21 When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

  • 20 He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

  • 22 A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

  • 28 “Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

  • 44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

  • 21 For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

  • 21 So Peter went down to the men and said,“Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

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    28 shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

    29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)

  • 26 So they came to John and said to him,“Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified– see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”

  • 21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

  • 17 Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

  • 21 All who heard him were amazed and were saying,“Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

  • Acts 22:1-2
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    69%

    1 Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”

    2 (When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

  • 40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”

  • 6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

  • 18 Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him.

  • 27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

  • 1 Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

  • 18 and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

  • 11 As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • 8 When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”

  • 12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • 4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.