Verse 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.
Ver. 18. In Cenchrea ] A haven of the Corinthians. Here he was shorn, as a Nazarite, for the sake of some weak Jews, whom herein he gratified and gained to the faith. The Popish shaving is so bald a ceremony, that some priests in France are ashamed of the mark, and few of them have it that can handsomely avoid it.
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