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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear
I asked this on the wrong thread. This question and the Nazarite vow has always been an interest to me...any serious thoughts about this?
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The following is taken from "Because We Are His, Biblical Studies in Practical Holiness, The Hair Question" by Raymond Woodward...
"Some contend that while Paul taught men to have short hair, he himself took a Nazarite vow, basing this opinion on
Acts 18:18 - “And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.” However, the “vow” referred to in this verse is from “euche,” the same word used in
James 5:15 for the “prayer” of faith. Paul did not shave his head because he was finishing a Nazarite vow, for the New Testament church did not practice that! Rather, he had just been delivered from the court of Gallio, so he needed to cut (“kiero”) his hair because he was going to prayer! Paul knew that God cared what his hair looked like!"
The whole section on hair is quite interesting.
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