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Acts 21:20

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21:20When they heard this, they praised65 God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews66 there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers67 of the law.68

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Footnotes

  1. 65 Or “glorified.”
  2. 66 Grk “how many thousands there are among the Jews.” How many thousands of Jews. See Acts 2–5 for the accounts of their conversion, esp. 2:41 and 4:4. Estimates of the total number of Jews living in Jerusalem at the time range from 20,000 to 50,000.
  3. 67 Or “are all zealous for the law.” ζηλωτής 1.a.β has “of thing … τοῦ νόμου an ardent observer of the law Ac 21:20.”
  4. 68 That is, the law of Moses. These Jewish Christians had remained close to their Jewish practices after becoming believers (1 Cor 7:18–19; Acts 16:3).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

NLTNew Living Translation

After hearing this, they praised God. And then they said, “You know, dear brother, how many thousands of Jews have also believed, and they all follow the law of Moses very seriously.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when they heard this, they began to glorify God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous adherents of the law.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: