Thursday, 2 November 2023
“Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but…
Friday, 3 November 2023
“But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from t…
Saturday, 4 November 2023
Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having been purified with them, entered the temple to announce the expiration of the days of purification, at which time an offering should be made for ea…
Sunday, 5 November 2023
Now when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him, Acts 21:27
The previous verse saw Paul being purified acc…
Monday, 6 November 2023
crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled t…
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
(For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) Acts 21:29
In the previous verse, the Jews from Asia had leve…
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
And all the city was disturbed; and the people ran together, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut. Acts 21:30
More literally, the verse reads, “An…
Thursday, 9 November 2023
Now as they were seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Acts 21:31
In the previous verse, the city was disturbed, and the people ran…
Friday, 10 November 2023
He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. Acts 21:32
The words are more literally rendered, “…
Saturday, 11 November 2023
Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done. Acts 21:33
More precisely, the Greek reads, “Then, having…
Sunday, 12 November 2023
And some among the multitude cried one thing and some another.So when he could not ascertain the truth because of the tumult, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks. Acts 21:34
In the pre…
Monday, 13 November 2023
When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob. Acts 21:35
A literal rendering would be, “And when he came upon the stairs, it happened he wa…
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “Away with him!” Acts 21:36
In the previous verse, the violence of the mob necessitated that Paul be carried by the Roman cohort that …
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?” He replied, “Can you speak Greek?” Acts 21:37
The NKJV is more of a paraphrase. Although clu…
Thursday, 16 November 2023
“Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?” Acts 21:38
A more literal rendering would be, “Are you not, then…
