Acts 21:30-32

30Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and adragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut. 31 bAnd as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of cthe cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 dHe at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Acts 22:23

23And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air,

Acts 23:10-15

10And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into ethe barracks.

11 fThe following night gthe Lord stood by him and said, h“Take courage, for ias you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must jtestify also in Rome.”

A Plot to Kill Paul

12When it was day, kthe Jews made a plot and lbound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. 14They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul. 15Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

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