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Acts 21:27 KJV
Acts · chapter 21 · verse 27
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,Acts 21:27 · King James Version
Acts 21:27 in context
25As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
26Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
29(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- almostmellōto be about, to be on the point of doing or suffering something, to intend, have in mind…G3195 →
- templehierona sacred place, temple, used of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, used of the temple at…G2411 →
- peopleochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- sevenheptasevenG2033 →
- endedsynteleōto end together or at the same time, to end completely, bring to an end, finish…G4931 →
- dayshēmerathe day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as…G2250 →
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We have here Paul brought into a captivity which we are not likely to see the end of; for after this he is either hurried from one bar to another, or lies neglected, first in one prison and then in another, and can neither be tried nor bailed.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-40