Acts 16:3

Him would Paul have go forth with him, and took [him and] circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.

Darby Translation

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 had a [good] testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

4And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to observe the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Acts 15:37And Barnabas proposed to take with [them] John also, called Mark;

1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments.

Galatians 2:3(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)

Galatians 5:1Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held 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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