24 take them and (A)purify yourself along with them, and [a]pay their expenses so that they may (B)shave their [b]heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law. 25 But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, (C)having decided that they should abstain from [c]meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication.” 26 Then Paul [d]took the men, and the next day, (D)purifying himself along with them, (E)went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:24 Lit spend on them
  2. Acts 21:24 Lit head
  3. Acts 21:25 Lit the thing
  4. Acts 21:26 Or took the men the next day, and purifying himself

24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(A) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(B) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”(C)

26 The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.(D)

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