Acts 21:28

They were shouting, “Men of Israel, help us. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere things that are against the people, the law, and this place. Besides, he has also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27When the seven days were almost finished, some Jews from Asia, seeing Paul in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd, and laid hands on him.

29For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they thought that Paul had brought him into the temple.

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Cross References

Lamentations 1:10The adversary has put his hand on all our precious treasures. 1 She has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, 1 even though you had commanded that they must not enter into your assembly place. 1

Acts 6:13They brought false witnesses, who said, “This man does not stop speaking words against this holy place and the law.

Acts 21:21They have been told about you, that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children, and not to follow the old customs.

Acts 24:18When I did this, certain Jews from Asia found me in a purification ceremony in the temple, not with a crowd or an uproar.

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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