Acts 21:20

New International Reader's Version

When they heard this, they praised God. Then they spoke to Paul. “Brother,” they said, “you see that thousands of Jews have become believers. All of them try very hard to obey the law.

Cross References

Psalm 22:23

You who have respect for the Lord, praise him! All you people of Jacob, honor him! All you people of Israel, worship him!

Psalm 22:27

People from one end of the earth to the other will remember and turn to the Lord. The people of all the nations will bow down in front of him.

Matthew 9:8

When the crowd saw this, they were filled with wonder. They praised God for giving that kind of authority to a human being.

Luke 12:1

During that time a crowd of many thousands had gathered. There were so many people that they were stepping on one another. Jesus spoke first to his disciples. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees,” he said. “They just pretend to be godly.

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and be glad. This brother of yours was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.’ ”

John 12:24

What I’m about to tell you is true. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only one seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they didn’t object anymore. They praised God. They said, “So then, God has allowed even Gentiles to turn away from their sins. He did this so that they could live.”

Acts 15:1

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch. Here is what they were teaching the believers. “Moses commanded you to be circumcised,” they said. “If you aren’t, you can’t be saved.”

Acts 15:24

We have heard that some of our people came to you and caused trouble. You were upset by what they said. But we had given them no authority to go.

Acts 15:5

Some of the believers were Pharisees. They stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised. They must obey the law of Moses.”

Acts 2:41

Those who accepted his message were baptized. About 3,000 people joined the believers that day.

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew. I was born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but I grew up here in Jerusalem. I studied with Gamaliel. I was well trained by him in the law given to our people long ago. I wanted to serve God as much as any of you do today.

Acts 4:21

The leaders warned them again. Then they let them go. They couldn’t decide how to punish Peter and John. They knew that all the people were praising God for what had happened.

Acts 4:4

But many who heard the message believed. The number of men who believed grew to about 5,000.

Acts 6:7

So God’s word spread. The number of believers in Jerusalem grew quickly. Also, a large number of priests began to obey Jesus’ teachings.

Romans 10:2

I can tell you for certain that they really want to serve God. But how they are trying to do it is not based on knowledge.

Galatians 1:14

I was moving ahead in my Jewish way of life. I went beyond many of my people who were my own age. I held firmly to the teachings passed down by my people.

Galatians 1:24

And they praised God because of me.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

All these things will happen when he comes. On that day his glory will be seen in his holy people. Everyone who has believed will be amazed when they see him. This includes you, because you believed the witness we gave you.