Acts 21:23
So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;
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- Acts 18:18 : 18 Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow.
- Num 6:2-7 : 2 “Speak to the Israelites, and tell them,‘When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, 3 he must separate himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. 4 All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin. 5 “‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long. 6 “‘All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he must not contact a dead body. 7 He must not defile himself even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, because the separation for his God is on his head.
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- Acts 21:24-274 verses87%
24take 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.
25But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality.”
26Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.
27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
- Acts 21:19-224 verses80%
19When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20When 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.
21They 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.
22What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.
- Acts 23:20-234 verses72%
20He 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.
21So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.”
22Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him,“Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
23Then he summoned two of the centurions and said,“Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o’clock tonight,
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21and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
- Acts 23:13-153 verses70%
13There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.
14They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.
15So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”
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24Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,
- Acts 28:21-222 verses70%
21They 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.
22But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
- Acts 24:17-182 verses69%
17After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,
18which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
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35Then he said to the council,“Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.
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5But 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.”
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18Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow.
- Acts 15:27-293 verses68%
27Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas who will tell you these things themselves in person.
28For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:
29that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.
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11As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
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21“This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the LORD his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide. Thus he must fulfill his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
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16saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.
- Acts 15:19-202 verses68%
19“Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,
20but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.
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1The 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.”
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1Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
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15because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.
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22Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.
- Acts 21:11-122 verses67%
11He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said,“The Holy Spirit says this:‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
12When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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15We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.
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17Paul 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.
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33Therefore 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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11At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.
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17The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
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3saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”
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15After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying,“Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it.”
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15“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
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7(Now there were about twelve men in all.)
- Acts 16:3-42 verses66%
3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.
4As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.
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40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”