Acts 21:30

Paul

²⁸ crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

²⁹ For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

³¹ While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

³² Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
KJV: And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
WEB: All the city was moved and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
ASV: And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut.
DARBY: And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
BLB: And the whole city was provoked, and there was a rushing together of the people. And having laid hold of Paul, they dragged him outside the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

ÅB: Det ble da et oppstyr i hele byen, og folket flokket seg sammen, og de grep Paulus og slepte ham utenfor templet, og straks ble dets dører lukket.
OTB: Hele byen ble opprørt, og folket strømmet sammen. De grep Paulus og dro ham ut av tempelet, og straks ble portene stengt.
B1930: Det blev da et opstyr i hele byen, og folket flokket sig sammen, og de grep Paulus og slepte ham utenfor templet, og straks blev dets dører lukket.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 26:21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
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2 Corinthians 11:26
In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
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Acts 16:19–22
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
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Acts 7:57–58
At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
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Acts 19:29
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
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2 Kings 11:15
And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
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Matthew 21:10
When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
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Luke 4:29
They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.
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