Paul Returns to Antioch

18 After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of (A)the brothers[a] and set sail for Syria, and with him (B)Priscilla and Aquila. At (C)Cenchreae (D)he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 18:18 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 27

Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos

18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sisters(A) and sailed for Syria,(B) accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.(C) Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae(D) because of a vow he had taken.(E)

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24 take these men and (A)purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, (B)so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law.

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24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(A) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(B) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

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18 And the Nazirite (A)shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

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18 “‘Then at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that symbolizes their dedication.(A) They are to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

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20 (A)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.

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20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.(A) To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),(B) so as to win those under the law.

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Personal Greetings

16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant[a] of the church at (A)Cenchreae,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:1 Or deaconess

Personal Greetings

16 I commend(A) to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[a][b] of the church in Cenchreae.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:1 Or servant
  2. Romans 16:1 The word deacon refers here to a Christian designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in Phil. 1:1 and 1 Tim. 3:8,12.

And he found a Jew named (A)Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife (B)Priscilla, because (C)Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,

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There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla,(A) because Claudius(B) had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,

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“All the days of his vow of separation, no (A)razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. (B)He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

“All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (C)he shall not go near a dead body. (D)Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head. All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.

“And if any man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then (E)he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.

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“‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor(A) may be used on their head.(B) They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.

“‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.(C) Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean(D) on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head. Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the Lord.

“‘If someone dies suddenly in the Nazirite’s presence, thus defiling the hair that symbolizes their dedication,(E) they must shave their head on the seventh day—the day of their cleansing.(F)

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21 (A)Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

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21 Then I went to Syria(A) and Cilicia.(B)

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23 with the following letter: (A)“The brothers, both (B)the apostles and the elders, to the brothers[a] who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, (C)greetings.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:23 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 32, 33, 36

23 With them they sent the following letter:

The apostles and elders, your brothers,

To the Gentile believers in Antioch,(A) Syria(B) and Cilicia:(C)

Greetings.(D)

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“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of (A)a Nazirite,[a] (B)to separate himself to the Lord,

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  1. Numbers 6:2 Nazirite means one separated, or one consecrated

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow(A), a vow of dedication(B) to the Lord as a Nazirite,(C)

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When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

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After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.(A) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo.

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26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when (A)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him (B)the way of God more accurately.

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26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila(A) heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.

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41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, (A)strengthening the churches.

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41 He went through Syria(A) and Cilicia,(B) strengthening the churches.(C)

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