Acts 16:3

Him Paul was disposed to take with him: and he took him, and circumcised him, because of the Jews that were in that region; for they all knew that his father was a Gentile.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 of Lystra and Iconium gave good testimony of him.

4And as they went among the cities, they preached and taught them, that they should observe those injunctions which the legates and Elders at Jerusalem had written.

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Cross References

Acts 15:37And Barnabas was disposed to take John, who was surnamed Mark.

1 Corinthians 7:19For circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision; but the keeping of God's commands.

Galatians 2:3Also Titus, who was with me, and was a Gentile, was not compelled to be circumcised.

Galatians 5:1Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to 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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