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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 21:27-40

We have here Paul brought into a captivity which we are not likely to see the end of; for after this he is either hurried from one bar to another, or lies neglected, first in one prison and then in another, and can neither be tried nor bailed. When we see the beginning of a trouble, we know not either how long it will last or how it will issue. I. We have here Paul seized, and laid hold on. 1. He was seized in the temple, when he was there attending the days of his purifying, and the solemn... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 21:27-36

21:27-36 When the seven days were nearly completed and when the Jews from Asia had seen Paul in the temple, they stirred up the whole mob and they attacked him shouting, "Help, men of Israel! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, against the Law and against this place. Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the Temple and defiled this holy place." For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city and they thought that Paul had taken him into the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:27

And when the seven days were almost ended ,.... The Syriac version renders it, "when the seventh day was come"; from the time that Paul came to Jerusalem: some understand this of the seven weeks from the passover to Pentecost, and that it was when they were almost ended, and the day of Pentecost was at hand, for which Paul came up to Jerusalem; but rather, the seven days of purification of the Nazarites are meant: the Jews which were of Asia ; and it may be chiefly of Ephesus, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:28

Crying out, men of Israel, help ,.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "help us"; to hold Paul, on whom they had laid their hands, and to assist in beating him: but why such an outcry for help against a single man, and he but little of stature, and weak in body, and so easily held and overpowered? it may be they chose to engage others with them, to give the greater countenance to their actions, and for their own security and protection, should they be opposed or called to an account; ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:29

For they had seen before with him in the city ,.... Not of Ephesus, but of Jerusalem: Trophimus an Ephesian ; the same that is mentioned in Acts 20:4 whom these Jews of Asia, and who very probably were inhabitants of Ephesus, knew very well to be a Gentile: whom they supposed Paul had brought into the temple ; for seeing him walk with the apostle very familiarly through the streets of Jerusalem, they concluded from thence, that he took him with him into the temple, which was a very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:30

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together ,.... 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:31

And as they went about to kill him ,.... In the manner as zealots did, without bringing him before any court of judicature, without any charge, trial, and condemnation: tidings came unto the chief captain of the band ; the Roman band of soldiers, who were placed near the temple, to keep the peace of the city, and persons in order; and who were more especially needful, at such a time as the feast of Pentecost, when there was such a great concourse of people in the city, and indeed always... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:27

The Jews which were of Asia - These pursued him with the most deliberate and persevering malice in every place; and it appears that it was through them that the false reports were sent to and circulated through Jerusalem. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:28

This is the man that teacheth, etc. - As much as if they had said: This is the man concerning whom we wrote to you; who in every place endeavors to prejudice the Gentiles against the Jews, against the Mosaic law, and against the temple and its services. Brought Greeks also into the temple - This was a most deliberate and malicious untruth: Paul could accomplish no purpose by bringing any Greek or Gentile into the temple; and their having seen Trophimus, an Ephesian, with him, in the city... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:30

They took Paul - They tumultuously seized on him; and drew him out of the temple, out of the court of the Israelites, where he was worshipping: and - the doors were shut; the doors of the court of the Gentiles, probably to prevent Paul from getting any succor from his friends in the city; for their whole proceedings show that they purposed to murder him: they brought him out of the court of the Israelites, that court being peculiarly holy, that it might not be defiled by his blood; and they... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 21:27-40

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 21:27-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:30

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