Acts 26:21

21 Because of this, some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to murder 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 "So, King Agrippa, I wasn't disobedient to that heavenly vision.

20 Instead, I proclaimed first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to the whole region of Judea and to the Gentiles. My message was that they should change their hearts and lives and turn to God, and that they should demonstrate this change in their behavior.

21 Because of this, some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to murder me.

22 God has helped me up to this very day. Therefore, I stand here and bear witness to the lowly and the great. I'm saying nothing more than what the Prophets and Moses declared would happen:

23 that the Christ would suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to my people and to the Gentiles."