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Acts 21:20

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Everyone who heard this praised God and said to Paul: My friend, you can see how many tens of thousands of the Jewish people have become followers! And all of them are eager to obey the Law of Moses.

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I know they love God, but they don't understand

I was a much better Jew than anyone else my own age, and I obeyed every law that our ancestors had given us.

I am a Jew, born and raised in the city of Tarsus in Cilicia. I was a student of Gamaliel and was taught to follow every single law of our ancestors. In fact, I was just as eager to obey God as any of you are today.

Some people came from Judea and started teaching the Lord's followers that they could not be saved, unless they were circumcised as Moses had taught.

When they heard Peter say this, they stopped arguing and started praising God. They said, "God has now let Gentiles turn to him, and he has given life to them!"

But some Pharisees had become followers of the Lord. They stood up and said, "Gentiles who have faith in the Lord must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses."

This will happen on that day when the Lord returns to be praised and honored by all who have faith in him and belong to him. This includes you, because you believed what we said.

We have heard that some people from here have terribly upset you by what they said. But we did not send them!

God's message spread, and many more people in Jerusalem became followers. Even a large number of priests put their faith in the Lord.

The officials could not find any reason to punish Peter and John. So they threatened them and let them go. The man who was healed by this miracle was more than forty years old, and everyone was praising God for what had happened.

But a lot of people who had heard the message believed it. So by now there were about five thousand followers of the Lord.

On that day about three thousand believed his message and were baptized.

I tell you for certain that a grain of wheat that falls on the ground will never be more than one grain unless it dies. But if it dies, it will produce lots of wheat.

But we should be glad and celebrate! Your brother was dead, but he is now alive. He was lost and has now been found."

As thousands of people crowded around Jesus and were stepping on each other, he told his disciples: Be sure to guard against the dishonest teaching of the Pharisees! It is their way of fooling people.

Everyone on this earth will remember you, LORD. People all over the world will turn and worship you,

All who worship the LORD, now praise him! You belong to Jacob's family and to the people of Israel, so fear and honor the LORD!

And because of me, they praised God.

When the crowds saw this, they were afraid and praised God for giving such authority to people.




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