Acts 18:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After Paul had stayed for a while with the Lord's followers in Corinth, he said goodbye to them and sailed on to Syria with Aquila and Priscilla. But before he left, he had his head shaved at Cenchreae because he had made a promise to God.

Cross References

Numbers 6:18

After that, you will stand at the entrance to the sacred tent, shave your head, and put the hair in the fire where the priest has offered the sacrifice to ask my blessing.

Numbers 6:2

to say to the people of Israel: If any of you want to dedicate yourself to me by vowing to become a Nazirite,

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread all over Syria, and people with every kind of sickness or disease were brought to him. Some of them had a lot of demons in them, others were thought to be mad, and still others could not walk. But Jesus healed them all.

Mark 6:46

Then he said goodbye to them and went up on the side of a mountain to pray.

Acts 1:15

One day there were about a hundred and twenty of the Lord's followers meeting together, and Peter stood up to speak to them.

Acts 15:23

They wrote a letter that said: We apostles and leaders send friendly greetings to all you Gentiles who are followers of the Lord in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

Acts 15:41

They travelled through Syria and Cilicia, encouraging the churches.

Acts 18:2

where he met Aquila, a Jewish man from Pontus. Not long before this, Aquila had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Emperor Claudius had ordered the Jewish people to leave Rome. Paul went to see Aquila and Priscilla

Acts 18:26

Apollos started speaking bravely in the Jewish meeting place. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him to their home and helped him understand God's Way even better.

Acts 18:27

Apollos decided to travel through Achaia. So the Lord's followers wrote letters, encouraging the followers there to welcome him. After Apollos arrived in Achaia, he was a great help to everyone who had put their faith in the Lord Jesus because of God's kindness.

Acts 21:23

Please do what we ask, because four of our men have made special promises to God.

Acts 21:24

Join with them and prepare yourself for the ceremony that goes with the promises. Pay the cost for their heads to be shaved. Then everyone will learn that the reports about you are not true. They will know that you do obey the Law of Moses.

Acts 21:3

We came within sight of Cyprus and then sailed south of it on to the port of Tyre in Syria, where the ship was going to unload its cargo.

Romans 16:1

I have good things to say about Phoebe, who is a leader in the church at Cenchreae.

1 Corinthians 9:20

When I am with the Jews, I live like a Jew to win Jews. They are ruled by the Law of Moses, and I am not. But I live by the Law to win them.

Galatians 1:21

Later, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.