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Acts 16:3 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Acts 16:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Acts chapter 16 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.”
Acts 16:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Acts 16:3
Paul's circumcision of Timothy 'because of the Jews which were in those quarters' demonstrates missionary adaptation without gospel compromise. Though Paul opposed requiring Gentile circumcision (Acts 15), Timothy's Jewish mother made him ethnically Jewish. Circumcising him removed unnecessary offense to Jewish evangelism while maintaining that circumcision doesn't save.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Acts 16:3
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“who was with me”
“that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law”
“nor uncircumcision”
“and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”
“(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision”
“and uncircumcision is nothing”
“from sexual immorality”
“and went out”
“who was called Mark”