ACTS 21:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
And when they heard it, they glorified God. Then they said to him, 'You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all zealous for the law' — the Jerusalem church is portrayed as law-observant and growing; yet the 'but' implicit in this statement reveals tension. The church's zealousness for Torah may be misunderstood as incompatible with Paul's law-free gospel to Gentiles.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:20
are all zealous for the law. Acts 21:20 Two reasons — the number of them, and their views. For neither had they been few, would it have been right to despise them: nor, if they were many and did not all cling to the law, would there have been need to make much account of them. Then also a third cause is given: And they all, it says, have been informed of you— they say not,have heard, but κατηχήθησαν, that is, so they have believed, and have been taught,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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