Acts 16:3

This Paulos willed to take with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jihudoyee who were in the place; for they all knew his father that he was an Aramoya.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

2And all the disciples who were of Lystra and Ikonia testified concerning him.

4And when they had gone into the cities they preached and instructed them to keep those statutes which the apostles and presbyters who were in Urishlem had written.

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Cross References

Acts 15:37But Bar Naba willed to take Juhanon, he who is surnamed Markos.

1 Corinthians 7:19For circumcision is not any thing, nor uncircumcision, but the observances of the commandments of Aloha.

Galatians 2:3Titos also who was with me, who was an Aramoya, was not constrained to be circumcised.

Galatians 5:1Stand therefore in that liberty with which the Meshiha hath freed you, and be not enthralled with the 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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