Acts 18:18
18Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow.
I have looked into this vow and have found about as much concrete information on it as Luke has detail for it. If it was a Nazirite vow, it wan't done in the proper fashion, but Luke doesn't mention it was a Nazirite vow. Therefore, before making wild assumptions we must ask why does Luke provide only a glancing blow. For some reason it was mentioned and for some reason he left out the nature of the vow. We should just leave it at that. Other confusing passages of the Bible should be handled the same.
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