ACTS 21 26-40

         WeekLy BooK oF Acts 

26 - Then Paul went with the men, ritually purifying himself along with them, and they went into the temple, and gave notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for each one of them.

     27 Then when the week was almost over, some Hebrew leaders from Asia, seeing 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 is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law, Jerusalem and the temple! He even brought Greeks into the temple and has made common this holy place.” 29 For they had previously seen Trophimus 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 and seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

     31 And as they were looking to kill him, word came to the tribune/officer of the cohort (tenth part of a Roman legion) that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 So he took soldiers and Roman centurions and ran down to them. And when the people saw the officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 And the tribune arrested him and ordered him to be bound with not one chain, but two, and asked who he was and what it was he has done. 34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some were shouting another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the confusion, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks. 35 When they came with Paul to the steps, the soldiers actually carried him because of the violence of the crowd. 36 And the mob followed, crying out, “Away with him!” {Triggered by Satan the adversary, first gone rogue one.. And they became unreasonable.}

     37 And as they were about to go into the barracks, Paul said to the officer, “May I tell you something?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?38 Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men, called the Assassins, out into the wilderness?” 39 Paul replied, “I’m a Jew (a Hebrew) from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”

     40 And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying.. (To be continued.)

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