On the following day Paul began to carry out the counsel of the elders. The four men who were under the Nazarite vow (Numbers 6), the term of which had nearly expired, were taken by Paul into the temple, "to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them." Certain costly sacrifices for purification were yet to be offered.

Den næste dag begyndte Paulus at udføre de ældstes råd. De fire mænd, som havde aflagt nasiræerløftet, (se 4 Mos. 6,) hvis tid næsten var udløbet, blev af Paulus ført ind i templet, hvor han "opgav, hvornår renselsesdagene udløb og offeret kunne bringes for hver enkelt af dem." Endnu skulle der bringes nogle kostbare ofre for deres renselse.