Acts 16:3

Paul wanted this man to go forth with him. And having taken him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those regions, for they had all seen that his father was a Greek.

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In The King James Version

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

In Context

2who was well reported of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.

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

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Cross References

Acts 15:37And Barnabas wanted to take along John called Mark.

1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, instead, the keeping of God's commandments.

Galatians 2:3But not even Titus with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

Galatians 5:1Stand firm therefore in the liberty in which Christ freed us, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:2-6

Paul's Adoption of Timothy. 1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered… Read the whole commentary →

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