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NASB | Acts 21:23 "Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 21:23 "Therefore do just what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow; |
Bible Question (short): Why did Paul do it? For conscience sake? |
Question (full): I don't understand this passage, If these vows were nailed to the cross (had met their symbolic fulfillment in Jesus Christ), why did the elders of the Church command Paul to go through with them? Verse 25 says He did it so the Jews may know that he also walked "orderly" keeping the law. Orderly in whose eyes? God's eyes or the Jews'? |