Acts 21:21
Good News Translation
They have been told that you have been teaching all the Jews who live in Gentile countries to abandon the Law of Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or follow the Jewish customs.

New Revised Standard Version
They have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.

Contemporary English Version
But they have been told that you are teaching those who live among the Gentiles to disobey this Law. They claim that you are telling them not to circumcise their sons or to follow our customs.

New American Bible
They have been informed that you are teaching all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to abandon Moses and that you are telling them not to circumcise their children or to observe their customary practices.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now they have heard of thee that thou teachest those Jews, who are among the Gentiles to depart from Moses: saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor walk according to the custom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now they have heard of thee that thou teachest those Jews, who are among the Gentiles to depart from Moses: saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor walk according to the custom.

that thou.

Acts 6:13,14 And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law. . . .

Acts 16:3 Him Paul would have to go along with him: and taking him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a Gentile.

Acts 28:17 And after the third day, he called together the chief of the Jews. And when they were assembled, he said to them: Men, brethren, I, having done nothing against the people or the custom of our fathers, was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Romans 14:1-6 Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts. . . .

1 Corinthians 9:19-21 For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more. . . .

Galatians 5:1-6 Stand fast and be not held again under the yoke of bondage. . . .

Galatians 6:12-15 For as many as desire to please in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ. . . .

Context
Paul's Arrival at Jerusalem
20But 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. 21Now they have heard of thee that thou teachest those Jews, who are among the Gentiles to depart from Moses: saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor walk according to the custom. 22What is it therefore? The multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.…
Cross References
Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place and shall change the traditions which Moses delivered unto us.

Acts 15:19
For which cause, judge that they who from among the Gentiles are converted to God are not to be disquieted:

Acts 21:22
What is it therefore? The multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

Acts 21:28
Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men every where against the people and the law and this place; and moreover hath brought in Gentiles into the temple and hath violated this holy place.

1 Corinthians 7:18
Is any man called, being circumcised? Let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

1 Thessalonians 2:16
Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.

Acts 21:20
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