16. And also some of the taught ones from Caesarea went with us and brought with them one, Mnason of Cyprus, an early taught one, with whom we were to lodge.
17. And when we had arrived in Yerushalayim, the brothers received us gladly.
18. And on the following day Sha’ul went in with us to Ya‛aqoḇ, and all the elders came.
19. And having greeted them, he was relating one by one what Elohim had done among the gentiles through his service.
20. And when they heard it, they praised the Master. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Yehuḏim there are who have believed, and all are ardent for the Torah.
21. “And they have been informed about you that you teach all the Yehuḏim who are among the gentiles to forsake Mosheh, saying not to circumcise the children nor to walk according to the practices.
22. “What then is it? They shall certainly hear that you have come.
23. “So do this, what we say to you: We have four men who have taken a vow.
24. “Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.