Acts 21:22-32

22 "What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

23 "Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who ¹are under * a vow;

24 take them and ²purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may ³shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

25 "But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, ⁴having decided that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication."

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, ⁵purifying himself along with them, ⁶went 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

27 When ⁷the seven days were almost over, ⁸the Jews from ⁹Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

28 crying out, "Men of Israel, come to our aid! ¹⁰This is the man who preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has ¹¹defiled this holy place."

29 For they had previously seen ¹²Trophimus the ¹³Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

30 Then all the city was provoked, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they ¹⁴dragged 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 commander of the ¹⁵Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

32 At once he ¹⁶took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.