>>22738276>21 But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.>22 What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.james and the elders inform paul that the christjews (Acts 21:20) are under the impression that paul teaches the dispersion to forsake moses, end circumcision, and to not observe the customs.
james and the elders then ask paul how they should proceed.
Will james and the elders explain to the christjews that paul's teachings are actually correct?
>23 Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.>24 Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.james and the elders advise paul to take a vow and to pay the expenses of four men who took a vow.
The objectives of james and the elders are to eliminate the rumors about paul and for paul to live in obedience to the law.
In other words, paul's teachings (Acts 21:21) are not approved by james and the elders.
paul's actions will not convince the christjews (Acts 21:20) to worship jesus because they already believe.
james, the elders, and the christjews (Acts 21:20) want to verify that paul is NOT an apostate teaching apostasy to the dispersion.
>25 As for the gentiles, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”james and the elders mention the council's requirements for the gentiles found in Acts 15:19-20.
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