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Do therefore this (touto oun poiēson). The elders had thought out a plan of procedure by which Paul could set the whole matter straight.
We have (eisin hēmin). “There are to us” (dative of possession as in Act 18:10). Apparently members of the Jerusalem church.
Which have a vow on them (euchēn echontes aph'-- or eph' heautōn). Apparently a temporary Nazarite vow like that in Numbers 6:1-21 and its completion was marked by several offerings in the temple, the shaving of the head (Num 6:13-15). Either Paul or Aquila had such a vow on leaving Cenchreae (Act 18:18). “It was considered a work of piety to relieve needy Jews from the expenses connected with this vow, as Paul does here” (Page). The reading aph' heautōn would mean that they had taken the vow voluntarily or of themselves (Luk 12:57; 2Co 3:5), while eph' heautōn means that the vow lies on them still.