From work on PDF Acts 21-22

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 \v 11 He came to us and took Paul's belt. With it he tied his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'So shall the Jews in Jerusalem tie up the man who owns this belt, and they will hand him over into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
 
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-\v 12 When we heard these things, both we and the people who lived in that place urged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
+\v 12 When we heard these things, both we and the people who lived in that place pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
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 \v 13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be tied up, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
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 \v 19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
 
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-\v 20 When they heard it, they praised God, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands have believed among the Jews. They are all determined to keep the law.
-\v 21 They have been told about you, that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children, and not to follow the old customs.
+\v 20 When they heard it, they glorified God, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands have believed among the Jews. They are all determined to keep the law.
+\v 21 They have been told about you, that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children, and not to walk according the traditional ways.
 
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 \v 22 What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.
 \v 23 So do what we say to you. We have four men who made a vow.
-\v 24 Take these men and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, so that they may shave their heads. So everyone will know that the things they have been told about you are false. They will learn that you also follow the law.
+\v 24 Take these men and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, so that they may shave their heads. So everyone will know that the things they have been told about you are false. They will learn that you also live correctly, keeping the law.
 
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-\v 25 But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote and gave the instructions that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality."
+\v 25 But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote about our decision that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality."
 \v 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with them. Then they went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering would be presented for each of them.
 
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 \v 33 Then the chief captain approached and laid hold of Paul, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
 
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-\v 34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing and others another. Since the captain could not tell anything because of all the noise, he ordered that Paul be brought into the fortress.
+\v 34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing and others another. Since the captain could not learn the truth because of all the noise, he ordered that Paul be brought into the fortress.
 \v 35 When he came to the steps, he was carried by the soldiers because of the crowd's violence.
 \v 36 For the crowd of people followed after and kept shouting out, "Away with him!"
 
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-\v 37 As Paul was about to be brought into the fortress, he said to the chief captain, "May I say something to you?" 
+\v 37 As Paul was about to be brought into the fortress, he said to the chief captain, "Is it permitted for me to say something to you?" 
 \p The captain said, "Do you speak Greek?
 \v 38 Are you not then the Egyptian who some time ago started a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' out into the wilderness?"
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 \v 9 Those who were with me saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
 \v 10 I said, 'What should I do, Lord?' 
-\p The Lord said to me, 'Arise and go into Damascus. There you will be told everything that you must do.'
+\p The Lord said to me, 'Arise and go into Damascus. There you will be told everything that has been appointed for you to do.'
 \v 11 I could not see because of that light's brightness, and being led by the hands of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
 
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 \v 13 He came to me, stood by me, and said, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight.' In that very hour I saw him.
 
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-\v 14 Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice coming from his own mouth.
+\v 14 Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice coming from his own mouth.
 \v 15 For you shall be a witness for him to all men about what you have seen and heard.
 \v 16 Now why are you waiting? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'
 
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-\v 22 They listened to him until he said this. Then they shouted and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not right that he should live."
+\v 22 They listened to him until that statement. Then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not right that he should live."
 \v 23 As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and throwing dust into the air,
 \v 24 the chief captain commanded Paul to be brought into the fortress. He ordered that he should be questioned with scourging, so that he himself might know why they were shouting against him like that.