Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
Then Paul - at once falling in with this conciliatory and brotherly suggestion, for "to the Jews he became as a Jew, that he might gain the Jews" ( 1 Corinthians 9:20),
Took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify - `signifying,' that is, announcing to the attendant priest,
The accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them - (see Numbers 5:13-21 .)
Uproar and seizure of Paul, who is only rescued from assassination by the commander of the garrison (21:27-32)