Bible Questions #4450- 4460

By Joyce Webb

Acts Chapter 18 Vs. 12-28

4450. Vs. 12-17 In these verses, the Jews come against Paul. Tell what happens, and how does it turn out? _____________________________________________________
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4451. Vs. 18 After this, Paul stayed there a little time, then he went to S_____________.

P___________________ and A______________________ go with him.

Paul had shaved his head. He made a vow. This was a Nazarite vow. See Numbers 6:1-21

The purpose of the vow (promise) was to become closer to God.
To show God your devotion to Him.

There were rules for the vow.
1. They were to not to cut their hair—not the hair on their heads, or their beard.

2. They were not to drink alcohol or vinegar drinks.

3. They were not to eat grapes, or raisins—grape leaves, husk, etc. from the grape vine.

4. They were not to touch a dead human body.

This vow was taken for a time —– days, weeks, or months.
Samson was to take it for his whole life.

At the end of the time, the man would go to the temple and take an offering/sacrifice and shave his head and beard. That hair was to be burned at the temple.

Paul did this—see Acts 21:24

It seems—that when they took the vow—they shaved their head and beard. Then when the time of the vow was finished—they shaved their head again, and that hair was burned.

Usually, Jewish men did not shave their heads or beards. The Jewish men did not shave the corners of their beard—sideburns we call them—one of the rules of Moses’ law.

When men let their hair grow long—or longer than American custom now—-the beard and sideburns were all one.

When men began to cut their hair short—they also cut the “sides of their beards” —-the hair right in front of their ears–”sideburns”.

Today, Jewish men who follow the strict rules of the Old Testament—cut the back and top of their hair short like other men, but they do not cut their sideburns—”corners of their beard”.

That makes them have long pieces of hair hang down in front of their ears at the corners of their beards—-some of them trim their beards—-but many Jewish men never trim their beards.

Their “sideburns”—”corners of their beards” grow long — like two long curls hanging down at the side of their faces.

Jewish men of old did not shave their beards. One time in the Old Testament some Jewish men were taken captive and the enemy shaved off half of their beards. This was a big embarrassment to the men.

So, as Paul travels now—to speak to Jewish people—they will know that he has taken this vow—because he has no hair or beard.

4452. Vs. 19 What city do they go to? E_________________

There is a book in the Bible–Paul wrote a letter to the church in E______________________.

4453. Vs. 20 Did they want him to stay? ____________

4454. Vs. 20,21 Did Paul stay? ____________

4455. Vs. 22 He went to another place, and then went to a church at A______________________.

4456. He was there for a short time, then he went all over the country to G_________________ and P___________________.

We have a book in the Bible—a letter that Paul wrote to the church in G__________________.

4457. Vs. 24 A Jewish man named A___________________ came to the church in Ephesus.

4458 . Vs. 25 He was a believer in Jesus, but he did not know the whole story about Jesus. He only knew things up until the
b_________________ of John the Baptist.

4459. Vs 26 After he spoke in the Jewish church, P_______________________ and A____________________
Talked to him about all that had happened to Jesus and the disciples after Jesus’ came alive again.

4460. Vs 27, 28 Then this man left to go to another city to preach.
Pricilla and Aquila gave him a letter to take to the Jewish churches —-as a reference that he was a good believer/preacher—and that they should accept him.

Vs. 28 Was this man good at helping others believe in Jesus?
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