Acts 21:17-26

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁷ And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.

¹⁸ And the next day Paul went in with us to James. And all the elders were assembled there.

¹⁹ And after he had embraced them, he told in order all things that God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

²⁰ So when they heard it, they glorified God, and said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousand Jews there are who believe. And they are all zealous for the Law.

²¹ “Now they are informed that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their sons, nor to live after the customs.

²² What then? The multitude must certainly come together. For they shall hear that you have come.

²³ Therefore, do what we tell you. We have four men who have made a vow.

²⁴ Take them. And purify yourself with them. And contribute with them, so that they may shave their heads. And all shall know that those things about which they have been informed concerning you, are nothing. And that you yourself also walk and keep the Law.

²⁵ As for the Gentiles who believe, we have written and determined that they should observe no such thing, except that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from that which is strangled, and from fornication.

²⁶ Then the next day Paul took the men, and having been purified with them, entered into the Temple and declared the completion of the days of the purification and that an offering would be offered for each one of them.