Acts 21:30

And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.

Bible in Basic English

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 had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.

31And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:3And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Luke 4:29And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.

Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

Acts 26:21For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

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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