Acts 16:3

This man Paul wished to go with him: and he took him and circumcised him, on account of the Jews that were in those places: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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

2A good report was given of him by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

4And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees that had been resolved on by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, that they might keep them.

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Cross References

Acts 15:37And Barnabas determined to take with him John, whose surname was Mark.

1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God is our aim.

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

Galatians 5:1Stand firm, therefore, in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and be not held fast again in the 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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