Acts 21:30

And the whole city was moved, and there developed a running together of the people. And having taken Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and straightaway the doors were shut.

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In The King James Version

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

In Context

29For they were men who saw Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul brought into the temple.

31And while seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem has been stirred up.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:3And Herod the king having heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Luke 4:29And having risen up, they thrust him outside of the city, and brought him as far as the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong.

Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that the hope of their business was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers.

Acts 26:21Because of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, tried to grasp and kill me.

Matthew Henry on Acts 21:28-40

Paul Seized in the Temple; The Tumult at Jerusalem. 27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. 29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they… Read the whole commentary →

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