Hechos 21:30

30 Se alborotó toda la ciudad, y llegó el pueblo corriendo de todas partes; apoderándose de Pablo lo arrastraron fuera del templo, y al instante cerraron las puertas.

Hechos 21:30 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:30

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together,
&c.] The outcry in the temple reached the ears of some that were without, and these alarmed others; so that the report of a disturbance in the temple soon went through the whole city; and brought people out of their houses, who ran together in great numbers, to see what was the matter:

and they took Paul and drew him out of the temple;
as unworthy to be in that holy place; and that it might not be defiled with his blood; for their intention was nothing less than to take away his life:

and forthwith the doors were shut;
not of themselves, as if there was something miraculous in it, as some have thought, but by the door keepers, the Levites; and which might be done, partly to prevent Paul's returning into it for refuge at the horns of the altar, and partly to keep out the Gentiles from coming in, they were alarmed with.

Hechos 21:30 In-Context

28 gritando: ¡Israelitas, ayudadnos! Este es el hombre que enseña a todos, por todas partes, contra nuestro pueblo, la ley y este lugar; además, incluso ha traído griegos al templo, y ha profanado este lugar santo.

29 Pues anteriormente habían visto a Trófimo el efesio con él en la ciudad, y pensaban que Pablo lo había traído al templo.

30 Se alborotó toda la ciudad, y llegó el pueblo corriendo de todas partes; apoderándose de Pablo lo arrastraron fuera del templo, y al instante cerraron las puertas.

31 Mientras procuraban matarlo, llegó aviso al comandante de la compañía romana que toda Jerusalén estaba en confusión.

32 Inmediatamente tomó consigo algunos soldados y centuriones, y corrió hacia ellos; cuando vieron al comandante y a los soldados, dejaron de golpear a Pablo.