Acts 21:30

And the whole city was in commotion; and all the people assembled together, and laid hold of Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and instantly the gates were closed.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 previously seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian; and they supposed, that he had entered the temple with Paul.

31And while the multitude were seeking to kill him, it was reported to the Chiliarch of the cohort, that the whole city was in uproar.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:3And Herod the king heard, and he was disturbed; and all Jerusalem with him.

Luke 4:29And they rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and brought him to the top of the hill on which the city was built, that they might cast him down from the rock.

Acts 16:19And when her lords saw that the prospect of their gain from her was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragging them along brought them to the market-place,

Acts 26:21And on account of these things, the Jews seized me in the temple, and sought to 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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