Acts 16:3

Paul 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.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

4And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, which had been decided by the apostles and the elders at Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Acts 15:37But Barnabas desired to take along with them John called Mark.

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

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

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