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Acts 21:23

21 But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.

22 What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.

24 Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.

25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
KJV
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
WEB
Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow.
ASV
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men that have a vow on them;
DARBY
This do therefore that we say to thee: We have four men who have a vow on them;
BLB
Therefore do this that we say to you. With us there are four men having a vow on themselves.
ÅB
Gjør nå derfor som vi sier til deg! Vi har her fire menn som har et løfte på seg;
OTB
Derfor, gjør som vi råder deg: Det er fire menn hos oss som har tatt et løfte.
B1930
Gjør nu derfor som vi sier til dig! Vi har her fire menn som har et løfte på sig;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 18:18

    Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

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  • Numbers 6:2–7

    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,

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