Praise the Lord, all you people who worship him!\par Show honor to the Lord, you descendants {\cf2\super [133]} of Israel!\par Fear and respect the Lord,\par all you people of Israel.\par
Acts 21:20 - Easy To Read Version When the leaders heard these things, they praised God. Then they said to Paul, “Brother, you can see that thousands of Jews have become believers. But they think it is very important to obey the law of Moses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And upon hearing it, they adored and exalted and praised and thanked God. And they said to [Paul], You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are enthusiastic upholders of the [Mosaic] Law. American Standard Version (1901) And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of them that have believed; and they are all zealous for the law: Common English Bible Those who heard this praised God. Then they said to him, “Brother, you see how many thousands of Jews have become believers, and all of them keep the Law passionately. Catholic Public Domain Version And they, upon hearing it, magnified God and said to him: "You understand, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they hearing it, glorified God, and said to him: Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews that have believed: and they are all zealous for the law. |
Praise the Lord, all you people who worship him!\par Show honor to the Lord, you descendants {\cf2\super [133]} of Israel!\par Fear and respect the Lord,\par all you people of Israel.\par
May the people in all the faraway countries\par remember the Lord and come back to him!\par May the people in all the foreign countries\par worship the Lord.\par
The people saw this and they were amazed. The people praised God for giving power like this to people.
Many thousands of people came together. There were so many people that they were stepping on each other. Before Jesus spoke to the people, he said to his followers, “Be careful of the yeast {\cf2\super [221]} of the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [222]} I mean that they are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [223]}
We must be happy and have a party; because your brother was dead, but now he is alive. He was lost, but now he is found.’”
I tell you the truth. A grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die. Then it grows and makes many seeds. But if it never dies, then it will always be only a single seed.
When the Jewish believers heard these things, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing the non-Jewish people to change their hearts and have life the same as us!”
Then some men came \{to Antioch\} from Judea. They began teaching the non-Jewish brothers: “You cannot be saved if you are not circumcised. {\cf2\super [296]} Moses taught us to do this.”
We have heard that some men have come to you from our group. The things they said troubled and upset you. But we did not tell them to do this!
Some of the believers \{in Jerusalem\} had belonged to the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [301]} They stood up and said, “The non-Jewish believers must be circumcised. {\cf2\super [302]} We must tell them to obey the law of Moses!”
Then those people who accepted (believed) what Peter said were baptized. {\cf2\super [44]} On that day about 3,000 people were added to the group of believers.
“I am a Jew. I was born in Tarsus in the country of Cilicia. I grew up in this city (Jerusalem). I was a student of Gamaliel. {\cf2\super [434]} He carefully taught me everything about the law of our fathers. {\cf2\super [435]} I was very serious about serving God, the same as all of you here today.
But many of the people that heard Peter and John believed the things they said. There were now about 5,000 men in the group of believers.
The word of God was reaching more and more people. The group of followers in Jerusalem became larger and larger. Even a big group of Jewish priests believed and obeyed.
I can say this about the Jews: They really try to follow God. But they don’t know the right way.
I was becoming a leader in the Jewish religion. I did better than most other Jews my own age. I tried harder than anyone else to follow the old rules. These rules were the customs we got from our ancestors. {\cf2\super [5]}
This will happen on the day when the Lord \{Jesus\} comes. Jesus will come to receive glory with his holy people. {\cf2\super [2]} And all the people who have believed will be amazed at Jesus. You will be in that group of believers, because you believed the things we told you.