Acts 21:21 - Exposition

Have been for are, A.V.; concerning for of, A.V.; telling them not for saying that they ought not, A.V. Have been informed ( κατηχήθησαν ) ; see Acts 18:25 ; Luke 1:4 ; Romans 2:18 , etc. The verb properly means to instruct by word of mouth, whence our "catechism." The customs ( τοῖς ἔθεσι ); see Acts 6:14 , both for the phrase and the sentiment, and Acts 15:1 , note; Acts 26:3 ; Acts 28:17 . ἔθος is a favorite word of St. Luke's, occurring ten times in his Gospel and in the Acts, and only twice in the New Testament elsewhere ( John 19:40 ; Hebrews 10:25 ; see Hobart, on Luke 2:27 ).