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Acts 21:20

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

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I know for a fact that they want to serve God. But their desire isn’t well informed.

I had studied Judaism in depth, more so than most Jews my age. That was because I was so devoted to the teachings passed down from those who’d lived before us.

“I’m a Jew. I was born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but I grew up here in Jerusalem. I studied with Gamaliel, who trained me well in the law that was given to our people long ago. I wanted to honor God as much as any of you do.

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and started teaching the believers, “If you aren’t circumcised the way Moses commanded, you can’t be saved.”

When they heard this, they didn’t question or criticize Peter any longer. Instead, they praised God and said, “So then, God has allowed even Gentiles to turn away from their sins and find life!”

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

All these things will happen when he comes to be glorified in his holy people. Everyone who has believed will be amazed when they see him. This includes you, because you have believed our testimony to you.

We’ve heard that some of our people came and bothered and upset you by things they said. But they came without any authority from us.

So God’s word kept spreading. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew quickly, and a large number of priests began to obey Jesus’ teachings.

The leaders warned Peter and John again and then let them go. They didn’t dare punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.

But many of the people who heard their message put their trust in Jesus. The total number of men who were believers grew to about 5,000.

Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about 3,000 people became believers that day.

Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead, but now he’s alive again; he was lost, but now he has been found.’ ”

During that time, when a crowd of so many thousands had gathered that the people were stepping on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples. He said, “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. They just pretend to be godly.

And they praised God because of me.

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




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