Acts 16:3

this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken [him], he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father — that he was a Greek.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

In Context

2who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;

4And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who [are] in Jerusalem,

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Cross References

Acts 15:37And Barnabas counselled to take with [them] John called Mark,

1 Corinthians 7:19the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.

Galatians 2:3but not even Titus, who [is] with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised —

Galatians 5:1In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free — stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:2-6

Paul's Adoption of Timothy. 1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered… Read the whole commentary →

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