Acts 21:40
And permitting him, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying,
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John 5:2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.
John 19:17And bearing His cross, He went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
Acts 6:1Now in those days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a complaint from the Greek speaking Jews against the Aramaic speaking Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.
Acts 13:16And Paul, arising and motioning with his hand, said, “Men, Israelites, and you who fear God, listen:
Acts 21:35But when he arrived at the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.
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 →