Acts 21:24-34

24 take them and ¹purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may ²shave 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, ³having 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, ⁴purifying himself along with them, ⁵went 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 ⁶the seven days were almost over, ⁷the Jews from ⁸Asia, 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! ⁹This 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 ¹⁰defiled this holy place."

29 For they had previously seen ¹¹Trophimus the ¹²Ephesian 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 ¹³dragged 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 ¹⁴Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

32 At once he ¹⁵took along some 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 ¹⁶bound with ¹⁷two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.

34 But among the crowd ¹⁸some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into ¹⁹the barracks.