Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,

Healing the Beggar Who Was Unable to Walk

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

And a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order for him to beg for charitable gifts from those entering the temple grounds.

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple grounds, he began asking to receive a charitable gift.

And leaping up, he stood and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

and they recognized him as being the very one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg for charitable gifts, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter and John Arrested

As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

“Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple area the whole message of this Life.”

Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple area about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, that is, all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison for them to be brought.

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this.

But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple area and teaching the people!”

And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and preaching the good news of Jesus as the Christ.

Moreover, the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands;

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as worthless, and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.”

After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what person is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from the sky?

For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Then Paul took along the men, and the next day, after purifying himself together with them, he went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.

Paul Seized in the Temple

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

crying out, “Men of Israel, help! 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 defiled this holy place!”

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they thought that Paul had brought him into the temple.

Then the whole city was provoked and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

“It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance,

And he even tried to desecrate the temple, so indeed we arrested him.

And neither in the temple did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing a riot, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city itself.