continue in their observance of the law, both agree that gentiles should not, a decision of the Jerusalem Council that Luke reiterates here (21:25).… Not only does God not require Jewish Christ followers to abandon law observance, he actually requires them to continue in law observance.”40 Paul’s testimony in the temple in 21:26 confirms that he is in accord with this view. In sum, Luke’s portrait of Paul in Acts 21:17–26 makes clear that Paul remained a Torah-observant Jew after becoming a follower
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