Acts 21:20

When they heard it, they praised God, and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands have believed among the Jews. They are all determined to keep the law.

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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

19When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

21They have been told about you, that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children, and not to follow the old customs.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; 1 all the families of the nations will bow down before you. 1

Psalms 98:1Oh, sing to Yahweh a new song, 1 for he has done marvelous things; 1 his right hand and his holy arm have given him victory. 1

Isaiah 66:9Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and not permit the child to be born?—asks Yahweh. 1 Or do I bring a child to moment of delivery and then hold it back?—asks your God.” 1

Luke 12:1In the meantime, when many thousands of the people were gathered together, so much that they trampled on each other, he began to say to his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 15:32But it was proper for us to feast and be happy, for this brother of yours was dead, and is now alive; he was lost, and has now been found.'”

Acts 2:41Then they received his word and were baptized, and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

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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