Acts 16:3

and Paul desiring that he should accompany him on his journey, took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

2Timothy was well spoken of by the brethren at Lystra and Iconium,

4As they journeyed on from town to town, they handed to the brethren for their observance the decisions which had been arrived at by the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Acts 15:37Barnabas, however, was bent on taking with them John, whose other name was Mark,

1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: obedience to God's commandments is everything.

Galatians 2:3But although my companion Titus was a Greek they did not insist upon even his being circumcised.

Galatians 5:1Christ having made us gloriously free--stand fast and do not again be hampered with the 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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