Acts 21:20-26 And when they heard all this, they gave honor to God, then said to Paul, "Brother, you can see how many thousands of Jewish believers in Christ there are everywhere and all of them are eager to observe the requirements of the law of Moses.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ And when they heard [all] this, they gave honor to God, then said to Paul, "Brother, you can see how many thousands of Jewish believers [in Christ] there are [everywhere] and all of them are eager to observe the [requirements of the] law of Moses. ²¹ Now these Jewish Christians have been informed that you are teaching all the Jews living among the Gentiles to give up [following the teaching of] Moses, [even] telling them not to circumcise their children and not to practice the [other] customs [of the Jewish religion]. ²² What do you think will happen when they hear that you have come [here to Jerusalem]? ²³ So, here is what we would like you to do: We have four men who have made a vow [i.e., a special promise to God]. ²⁴ Take these men and observe the ceremony of purification with them, pay their expenses so they can shave their heads [i.e., to signify that they are making a vow] and [then] everyone will know that there is no truth in what people have been told about you, but that you, too, are living properly and observing the law of Moses. ²⁵ But concerning Gentile believers, we wrote [to them] our decision, that they should avoid [eating] things sacrificed to idols, from [drinking] blood, from [eating] what is strangled and from sexual immorality." ²⁶ Then Paul took the men and the next day he observed the ceremony of purification with them. Then he went into the Temple, declaring [to the priest] when he would fulfill the [required] days of the purification [ceremony] and [be ready] for the sacrifices to be offered for each of them.