Acts 21:40
So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned to the people with his hand. When there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:
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John 5:2Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool called Bethesda, in Hebrew, which has five porches.
John 19:17And carrying His cross He went out to the place called ‘Skull’, which in Hebrew is called ‘ Golgotha’;
Acts 6:1Now in those days, as the disciples were multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.
Acts 13:16So standing up and motioning with his hand, Paul said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
Acts 21:35When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the mob.
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 →