Acts 21:20

And the ones who heard were saying, Baruch Hashem! And they said to him, You see, Ach b'Moshiach, how many thousands there are among the Yehudim who have emunah + 21:20 in our Moshiach and they all have kanous (zealousness), are shomer mitzvot for the Torah. + 21:20 Sinai Covenant and its mitzvot

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

In Context

19And having given them a Shalom greeting, Rav Sha'ul was explaining one by one the things Hashem did through his avodas kodesh as Moshiachʼs Shliach to the Umot ha-Olam.

21And these Orthodox Jewish ma'aminim hameshichiyim have heard a rumor informing them about you, that you teach the Yehudim living among the Goyim in the Golus to be shmad and to commit apostasy from Moshe, + 21:21 Rabbeinu, i.e., Orthodox Judaism telling them to abandon bris milah for Bnei Yisroel and not to be shomer regarding the darkhei haTorah + 21:21 i.e. the Sinai Covenant and its mitzvot (ways of the Torah). + 21:21 Num 6:2,5

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27The anavim (meek) shall eat and be satisfied; 1 they that seek Him shall praise Hashem. 1 Let your levav live forever! 1

Psalms 98:1(A Mizmor) 1 for He hath done marvellous things; 1 His right hand, and His zero'a kodesh, 1 hath gotten Him victory. 1

Isaiah 66:9Shall I bring to the moment of birth, 1 and not cause to bring delivery? saith Hashem. 1 Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? 1 saith thy G-d. 1

Luke 12:1Meanwhile, when the multitudes by the thousands assembled, to the point of trampling one another, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said this in a yechidus first to his talmidim, Be shomer regarding the chametz of the Perushim, which is their tzeviut (hypocrisy).

Luke 15:32But now it was necessary for us to have lev samei'ach and make a simcha, because the ach of you was dead and he has returned l'Chayyim! He has been lost and now is found. + 15:32 Mal 3:17

Acts 2:41Those, who were mekabel Besuras HaGeulah and welcomed his dvar, submitted to a tevilah of teshuva and there were added in that day nefashot (souls) beerech (approximately, dacht zich) shloshet alafim (three thousand).

Matthew Henry on Acts 21:16-27

Paul's Visit to Jerusalem; Paul's Conformity to the Jewish Law. 15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. 16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cæsarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. 17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what… Read the whole commentary →

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