Acts 16:3

Paul wanted this man to go on with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Text-Critical English 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

2He was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

4As they went through the cities, they delivered the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

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Cross References

Acts 15:37Now Barnabas wanted to bring John (who was also called Mark).

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

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

Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the freedom for which Christ has set us free, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

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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