• Acts 16:3
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 3 τοῦτον this (one) ἠθέλησεν willed ὁ the Παῦλος Paul σὺν together with αὐτῷ him ἐξελθεῖν, to go out, καὶ and λαβὼν having taken περιέτεμεν he circumcised αὐτὸν him διὰ through τοὺς the Ἰουδαίους Jews τοὺς the (ones) ὄντας being ἐν in τοῖς the τόποις places ἐκείνοις, those, ᾔδεισαν they had known γὰρ for ἅπαντες all ὅτι that Ἕλλην Greek ὁ the πατὴρ father αὐτοῦ of him ὑπῆρχεν. was.

  • Acts 16:3
    The Bible in Living English

    • 3 Paul wanted this man to go out with him, and took him and circumcised him because of the Jews thereabouts, for they one and all knew he had a Greek for his father.

  • Acts 16:3
    American Standard Version

    • 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

  • Acts 16:3
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 3 The same would Paul have go forth with him, and took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for they one and all knew that his father was a Greek.

  • Acts 16:3
    King James Version

    • 3 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 Study Notes—Chapter 16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 16:3

      circumcised him: Paul well knew that circumcision was not a Christian requirement. (Ac 15:6-29) Timothy, whose father was an unbeliever, had not been circumcised. Paul knew that this might stumble some of the Jews whom they would visit together on their preaching tour. Instead of allowing this obstacle to impede their work, Paul asked Timothy to submit to this painful surgery. Both men thus exemplified what Paul himself later wrote to the Corinthians: “To the Jews I became as a Jew in order to gain Jews.”​—1Co 9:20.