Acts 26:21

21 "It was on this account that the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.

Acts 26:21 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 26:21

For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple
He means the Asiatic Jews, who finding him in the temple, laid hold on him, and dragged him out of it: and, as he says, went about to kill me; for no other reason, but for preaching to the Gentiles, and for preaching the above doctrines to them: what he refers to is in ( Acts 21:27-31 ) .

Acts 26:21 In-Context

19 "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

20 but I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.

21 "It was on this account that the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.

22 Having, however, obtained the help which is from God, I have stood firm until now, and have solemnly exhorted rich and poor alike, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses predicted as soon to happen,

23 since the Christ was to be a suffering Christ, and by coming back from the dead was then to be the first to proclaim a message of light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."