Paul Is Arrested

²⁷ Now when ^(A)the seven days were almost over, ^(B)the Jews from ^[a](C)Asia, upon noticing him in the temple, began to throw all the crowd into confusion and laid hands on him, ²⁸ crying out, “Men of Israel, help! ^(D)This is the man who teaches to 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 supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. ³⁰ Then all the city was stirred, 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 seeking to kill him, a report came up to the ^[c]commander of the ^(I)Roman ^[d]cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. ³² At once he ^(J)took along soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; 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 him to 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 him to be brought into ^(N)the barracks. ³⁵ And when he got to ^(O)the stairs, he actually was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd; ³⁶ for the multitude of the people kept following them, shouting, “^(P)Away with him!”