I read this verse
and my first thought was why?
Acts 16:1-5(NKJV)
Then he came to
Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named
Timothy, the son of a certain
Jewish woman who believed, but his father was
Greek.
He was well spoken
of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium.
Paul wanted to have him go on
with him. And he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that
region, for they all knew that his father was Greek.
And as they went
through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were
determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.
So the churches were
strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Why circumcise
him? Who's going around looking at his
penis all the time? The disciples had
already said that circumcision wasn't necessary for non-Jews. I just don't get why Paul felt it
necessary.
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