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Acts 21:20

NETBible	When they heard this, they praised¹ God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews² there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers³ of the law.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Act 21:20	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.
NASB © biblegateway Act 21:20	And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law;
NLT © biblegateway Act 21:20	After hearing this, they praised God. But then they said, "You know, dear brother, how many thousands of Jews have also believed, and they all take the law of Moses very seriously.
MSG © biblegateway Act 21:20	They listened with delight and gave God the glory. They had a story to tell, too: "And just look at what's been happening here--thousands upon thousands of God-fearing Jews have become believers in Jesus! But there's also a problem because they are more zealous than ever in observing the laws of Moses.
BBE © SABDAweb Act 21:20	And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 21:20	When they heard it, they praised 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.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 21:20	And when they heard it , they glorified the Lord. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;
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NETBible

When they heard this, they praised¹ God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews² there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers³ of the law.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Or “glorified.”

²tn Grk “how many thousands there are among the Jews.”

²sn 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.

³tn Or “are all zealous for the law.” BDAG 427 s.v. ζηλωτής 1.a.β has “of thing…τοῦ νόμου an ardent observer of the law Ac 21:20.”

⁴sn 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).