Quotes About Tradition

However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

“Arenít you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priestís family.

For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.

But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.

Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.

So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.

I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,