Took the men (παραλαβων τους ανδρας). The very phrase used in verse 24 to Paul.

The next day (τη εχομενη).…

Then Paul took the men. He took them to himself, uniting with them in observing the ceremonies connected with their vow. To transactions l…

To signify the accomplishment of the days of purification . . .—The process lasted, as the next verse shows, for seven days, which…

Coming from abroad, Paul would have had to regain ceremonial purity by a seven-day ritual of purification before he could be present at the absolut…

While some accuse Paul of cunning, as if he were playing the hypocrite, I have refuted this before.

Yet I do not deny that he agreed to do t…

Then Paul took the men
The four men that had the vow on them; he joined himself to them, and put himself in the same…

Paul ascribed all his success to God, and to God they gave the praise. God had honoured him more than any of the apostles, yet they did not envy hi…