the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Acts 21:23
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Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have made a vow.
Doe therefore this that we say to thee: Wee haue foure men which haue a vow on them,
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow;
"Therefore, do as we tell you: we have four men who have a vow upon themselves;
So we will tell you what to do: Four of our men have made a promise to God.
"Therefore do just what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow;
"Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow;
Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow;
Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
Please do what we ask, because four of our men have made special promises to God.
So do what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
This do therefore that we say to thee: We have four men who have a vow on them;
So we will tell you what to do: Four of our men have made a vow to God.
Doe therefore this that we say to thee. We haue foure men, which haue made a vowe,
Do, therefore, what we tell you: We have four men who have vowed to purify themselves;
This is what we want you to do. There are four men here who have taken a vow.
Therefore do this that we tell you: we have four men who have taken a vow upon themselves.
Then do this, what we say to you: There are four men who have a vow on themselves;
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men that have a vow on them;
Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;
Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have a vow on them.
So do what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
We have four men who have a vow to be purified.
do thou what we tell thee. We have four men, who have vowed to purify themselves.
Do therfore this that we saye to thee. We haue foure men, which haue a vow on them:
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have a vow on them.
Therefore do this that we say to thee: there are with us four men, who have a vow on them:
so do this which we now tell you. We have four men here who have a vow resting on them.
Therfor do thou this thing, that we seien to thee. Ther ben to vs foure men, that han a vow on hem.
Do therefore this that we say to you: We have four men that have a vow on them;
Do therefore this that we say to thee: we have four men who have a vow on them;
So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;
Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow.
"Here's what we want you to do. We have four men here who have completed their vow.
You must do what we tell you. We have four men with us who have made a promise to God.
So do what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
This, then, do, which unto thee, we say: - We have four men who have a vow upon themselves.
Do therefore this that we say to thee. We have four men, who have a vow on them.
Do therfore this that we saye to the. We have .iiii. men which have a vowe on them.
`This, therefore, do that we say to thee: We have four men having a vow on themselves,
Do this therfore that we saye vnto the: We haue foure men, which haue a vowe on them,
yield then to our advice: there are four men here, who have made a vow:
But listen to our plan and see if you like it. There are four men here who have completed a vow they made and now need to go get purified at the main church by getting their heads shaved. But these men don't have the money for it.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
We have: Acts 18:18, Numbers 6:2-7
Reciprocal: Numbers 6:9 - shave
Cross-References
Then Abim'elech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.
He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
At that time Abim'elech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do;
now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but as I have dealt loyally with you, you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned."
and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,
They said, "We see plainly that the LORD is with you; so we say, let there be an oath between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be a witness between you and me."
The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,
You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve him, and swear by his name.
Now then, swear to me by the LORD that as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a sure sign,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Do therefore this that we say to thee,.... This is said not as commanding, but as advising; and not to what was a duty, and necessary to be done as such, but as a point of prudence:
we have four men which have a vow on them; that is, there were four men who were of the church at Jerusalem, believers in Christ, but weak ones, who were zealous of the law, and bigots to it, and who had voluntarily vowed a vow of the Nazarites; see Numbers 6:2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
We have four men - There are with us four men. It is evident that James and the elders meant to say that these men were connected with them in the Christian church; and the fact shows that the Christians at Jerusalem did not disregard the institutions of Moses, and had not been so far enlightened in the doctrines of Christianity as to forsake yet the ceremonial rites of the Jews.
Which have a vow on them - Which have made a vow. See the notes on Acts 18:18. From the mention of shaving the head (in Acts 21:24), it is evident that the vow which they had taken was that of the Nazarite; and that as the time of their vow was about expiring, they were about to be shaven, in accordance with the custom usual on such occasions. See the notes on Acts 18:18. These persons Paul could join, and thus show decisively that he did not intend to undervalue or disparage the laws of Moses when those laws were understood as mere ceremonial observances.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 21:23. We have four men which have a vow — From the shaving of the head, mentioned immediately after, it is evident that the four men in question were under the vow of Nazariteship; and that the days of their vow were nearly at an end, as they were about to shave their heads; for, during the time of the Nazariteship, the hair was permitted to grow, and only shaven off at the termination of the vow. Among the Jews, it was common to make vows to God on extraordinary occasions; and that of the Nazarite appears to have been one of the most common; and it was permitted by their law for any person to perform this vow by proxy. See the law produced in my note, Numbers 6:21. "It was also customary for the richer sort to bestow their charity on the poorer sort for this purpose; for Josephus, Ant. lib. xix. cap. 6, sec. 1, observes that Agrippa, on his being advanced from a prison to a throne, by the Emperor Claudius, came to Jerusalem; and there, among other instances of his religious thankfulness shown in the temple, Ναζαραιων ξυρασθαι διεταξε μαλα συχνους, he ordered very many Nazarites to be shaven, he furnishing them with money for the expenses of that, and of the sacrifices necessarily attending it." See Bp. Pearce.
