Act 21:27-36 | ESV | STEP | When the seven days were almost completed , the Jews from Asia , seeing him in the temple , stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him ,

a[See ver. 26 above]

k[See ver. 30 above]

lSee ch. 10:1

m[ch. 23:27]

n ch. 20:23; [ver. 11]

o ch. 12:6; [ch. 22:29; 26:29; 28:20; Eph. 6:20; 2 Tim. 1:16]

p ch. 19:32

q ch. 22:24; 23:10

r ch. 22:22; [Luke 23:18; John 19:15]

Acts 21:27-36

Paul Arrested in the Temple

27 When ^athe seven days were almost completed, ^bthe Jews from Asia, ^cseeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him, 28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who ^dis teaching everyone everywhere against the people and ^ethe law and ^fthis place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and ^ghas defiled ^hthis holy place.” 29 For they had previously seen ⁱTrophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. 30 Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and ^jdragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut. 31 ^kAnd as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of ^lthe cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 ^mHe at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him ⁿto be bound ^owith two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done. 34 ^pSome in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into ^qthe barracks. 35 And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd, 36 for the mob of the people followed, crying out, ^r“Away with him!”