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Acts 21:20

James Moffatt - New Testament

They glorified God when they heard it. Then they said to him, "Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, all of them ardent upholders of the Law.

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I can vouch for their zeal for God; only, it is not zeal with knowledge.

and how I outstripped many of my own age and race in my special ardour for the ancestral traditions of my house.

"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel in all the strictness of our ancestral Law, ardent for God as you all are to-day.

But certain individuals came down from Jerusalem and taught the brothers that "unless you get circumcised after the custom of Moses you cannot be saved."

On hearing this they desisted and glorified God, saying, "So God has actually allowed the Gentiles to repent and live!"

But some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and said, "Gentiles must be circumcised and told to observe the law of Moses."

when he comes to be glorified in his saints and marvelled at in all believers on that day (for our testimony has found confirmation in your lives).

Having learned that some of our number, quite unauthorized by us, have unsettled you with their teaching and upset your souls,

And the word of God spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem greatly increased, and a host of priests became obedient to the faith.

Then they threatened them still further and let them go; on account of the people they found themselves unable to find any means of punishing them, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened

(A number of those who heard them speak believed, bringing up their numbers to [about] five thousand.)

So those who accepted what he said were baptized; about three thousand souls were brought in, that day.

Truly, truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain; but if it dies, it bears rich fruit.

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

Meanwhile as the crowd was gathering in its thousands till they trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy,

which made them praise God for me.

The crowds who saw it were awed and glorified God for giving such power to men.




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