Acts 21:20

New Living Translation

After hearing this, they praised God. And then they said, “You know, dear brother, how many thousands of Jews have also believed, and they all follow the law of Moses very seriously.

Cross References

Psalm 22:23

Praise the Lord, all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel!

Psalm 22:27

The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him.

Matthew 9:8

Fear swept through the crowd as they saw this happen. And they praised God for giving humans such authority.

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy.

Luke 15:32

We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”

John 12:24

I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.

Acts 11:18

When the others heard this, they stopped objecting and began praising God. They said, “We can see that God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of repenting of their sins and receiving eternal life.”

Acts 15:1

While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers: “Unless you are circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Acts 15:24

“We understand that some men from here have troubled you and upset you with their teaching, but we did not send them!

Acts 15:5

But then some of the believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and insisted, “The Gentile converts must be circumcised and required to follow the law of Moses.”

Acts 2:41

Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.

Acts 22:3

Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.

Acts 4:21

The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God

Acts 4:4

But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now totaled about 5,000.

Acts 6:7

So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.

Romans 10:2

I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal.

Galatians 1:14

I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.

Galatians 1:24

And they praised God because of me.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

When he comes on that day, he will receive glory from his holy people—praise from all who believe. And this includes you, for you believed what we told you about him.