Acts 21:20

When they heard this, they praised ¹  God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews ²  there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers ³  of the law. ⁴ 

Ps 22:23,27; Ps 72:17-19; Ps 98:1-3; Isa 55:10-13; Isa 66:9-14; Mt 13:31-33; Lu 12:1; Lu 15:3-10,32; Joh 12:24; Ac 2:41; Ac 4:4; Ac 4:21; Ac 6:7; Ac 11:18; Ac 15:1,5,24; Ac 22:3; Ro 10:2; Ro 15:6,7,9-13; Ga 1:14; Ga 1:24; 2Th 1:10; Re 19:6,7

¹ tn Or “glorified.”

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

sn 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 tn 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.”

⁴ sn 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).