Acts 21:27-36

New American Standard Bible

Paul Seized in the Temple

²⁷ When ^(A)the seven days were almost over, ^(B)the Jews from ^[a](C)Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him, ²⁸ crying out, “Men of Israel, help! ^(D)This is the man who instructs everyone everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has ^(E)defiled this holy place!” ²⁹ For they had previously seen ^(F)Trophimus the ^(G)Ephesian in the city with him, and they thought that Paul had brought him into the temple. ³⁰ Then the whole city was provoked and ^[b]the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they ^(H)dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ While they were intent on killing him, a report came up to the commander of the ^(I)Roman ^[c]cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. ³² He immediately ^(J)took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to ^[d]the crowd; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. ³³ Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered that he be ^(K)bound with ^(L)two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done. ³⁴ But among the crowd, ^(M)some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the ^[e]facts because of the uproar, he ordered that ^[f]Paul be brought into ^(N)the barracks. ³⁵ When Paul got to ^(O)the stairs, it came about that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the ^[g]mob; ³⁶ for the multitude of people kept following them, shouting, “^(P)Away with him!”