Acts 21:23
“Doe therefore this that we say to thee: Wee haue foure men which haue a vow on them,”
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Acts 21:23 Context
21And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes which are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, saying, that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walke after the customes. 22What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will heare that thou art come. 23Doe therefore this that we say to thee: Wee haue foure men which haue a vow on them, 24Then take, and purifie thy selfe with them, & bee at charges with them, that they may shaue their heads: and all may know that those things wherof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thy selfe also walkest orderly, and keepest the Law. 25As touching the Gentiles which beleeue, wee haue written and concluded, that they obserue no such thing, saue onely that they keepe themselues from things offered to idoles, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
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Other Translations for Acts 21:23
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
- King James Version
"Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men that have a vow on them;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;
- Basic English Bible
This do therefore that we say to thee: We have four men who have a vow on them;
- Darby Bible
Do therefore this that we say to thee: we have four men who have a vow on them;
- Webster's Bible
so do this which we now tell you. We have four men here who have a vow resting on them.
- Weymouth Bible
Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow.
- World English Bible
Therfor do thou this thing, that we seien to thee. Ther ben to vs foure men, that han a vow on hem.
- Wycliffe Bible
`This, therefore, do that we say to thee: We have four men having a vow on themselves,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 21:23
21:23 Therefore - To obviate their prejudice against thee: do this that we say to thee - Doubtless they meant this advice well: but could Paul follow it in godly sincerity? Was not the yielding so far to the judgment of others too great a deference to be paid to any mere men?
People's Bible Notes for Acts 21:23
Ac 21:23 Do therefore this. This counsel is given that the multitude of Jewish Christians may see that Paul still kept the Jewish customs. As he did keep them, not as a matter of obligation, but as a Jew, in order that he might reach his own race, it involved no sacrifice of principles. We have four men which have a vow. These were Jewish Christians. The vow was a Nazaritish vow. For a description, see Nu 6:14-18 . This vow involved living an ascetic life for a certain period, sometimes thirty days, and was terminated by shaving the head, burning the hair as an offering, and offering a sacrifice.