and all the Elders of the Church came also.
021:019 After exchanging friendly greetings, Paul told in detail all that
God had done among the Gentiles through his instrumentality.
021:020 And they, when they had heard his statement, gave the glory to God.
Then they said, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands
of Jews there are among those who have accepted the faith,
and they are all zealous upholders of the Law.
021:021 Now what they have been repeatedly told about you is that you
teach all the Jews among the Gentiles to abandon Moses,
and that you forbid them to circumcise their children
or observe old-established customs.
021:022 What then ought you to do? They are sure to hear that you
have come to Jerusalem;
021:023 so do this which we now tell you. We have four men here who
have a vow resting on them.
021:024 Associate with these men and purify yourself with them,
and pay their expenses so that they can shave their heads.
Then everybody will know that there is no truth in these
stories about you, but that in your own actions you yourself
scrupulously obey the Law.
021:025 But as for the Gentiles who have accepted the faith, we have
communicated to them our decision that they are carefully
to abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood,
from what is strangled, and from fornication."
021:026 So Paul associated with the men; and the next day,
having purified himself with them, he went into the Temple,
giving every one to understand that the days of their purification
were finished, and there he remained until the sacrifice
for each of them was offered.
021:027 But, when the seven days were nearly over, the Jews from