Acts 21:27

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When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

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  • Acts 24:18 : 18 While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without a crowd or any disturbance.
  • Acts 26:21 : 21 For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.
  • Acts 14:2 : 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and turned them against the brothers.
  • Acts 14:5 : 5 When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.
  • Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Jews, becoming jealous, gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and caused an uproar in the city. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the assembly. 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.'
  • Acts 17:13 : 13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the Word of God in Berea as well, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.
  • Acts 18:12 : 12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 There was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.
  • Acts 4:3 : 3 So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
  • Acts 6:12 : 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

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  • Acts 21:28-32
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    83%

    28Shouting, 'Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. And now he has even brought Greeks into the temple, defiling this holy place.'

    29They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

    30The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

    31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.

    32At once, he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

  • Acts 26:21
    77%

    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

  • Acts 24:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without a crowd or any disturbance.

    19But there are some Jews from Asia who ought to be here before you to bring charges if they have anything against me.

  • Acts 21:26
    76%

    26The next day, Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.

  • Acts 28:17
    75%

    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • Acts 6:12
    75%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Acts 25:7
    74%

    7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

  • Acts 24:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him and wanted to judge him according to our law.

    7But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

  • Acts 18:12
    73%

    12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.

  • Acts 17:5
    73%

    5But the Jews, becoming jealous, gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and caused an uproar in the city. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the assembly.

  • Acts 21:40
    72%

    40When the commander had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the crowd with his hand. When there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:

  • Acts 21:36
    72%

    36The crowd that followed kept shouting, 'Take him away!'

  • Acts 16:20
    71%

    20They brought them before the magistrates and said, 'These men are Jews, and they are causing an uproar in our city.'

  • Acts 19:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

  • Acts 17:13
    71%

    13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the Word of God in Berea as well, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

  • Acts 19:10
    71%

    10This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

  • Acts 23:15
    71%

    15Now then, you and the council should notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as though you are going to investigate his case more thoroughly. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.

  • Acts 7:57
    71%

    57At this they covered their ears and, shouting at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him.

  • Acts 22:22-23
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    71%

    22They listened to him until this statement. Then they raised their voices, shouting, 'Rid the earth of this man! He should not be allowed to live!'

    23As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and flinging dust into the air,

  • Acts 25:2
    71%

    2The chief priest and the leaders of the Jews brought charges against Paul and were urging Festus.

  • Acts 23:20
    71%

    20He said, 'The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they are going to inquire more thoroughly about him.'

  • Acts 14:5
    71%

    5When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

  • Acts 19:33
    71%

    33The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd gave instructions to him. Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted to make a defense to the assembly.

  • Acts 24:11
    71%

    11You can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • Acts 14:19
    71%

    19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

  • Acts 5:21
    71%

    21At daybreak, they entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

  • Acts 22:30
    70%

    30The next day, wanting to know for certain why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Acts 25:15
    70%

    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, requesting a judgment against him.

  • Acts 23:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9A loud outcry arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and argued vehemently, saying, 'We find nothing wrong with this man! What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?'

    10When the dissension became violent, the commander, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the troops to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 9:21
    70%

    21All who heard him were amazed and said, "Isn’t this the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And didn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?"

  • Acts 19:26
    70%

    26You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods.

  • Acts 5:27
    70%

    27Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

  • Acts 17:8
    70%

    8They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

  • Acts 21:11
    70%

    11He came to us, took Paul’s belt, and tied his own hands and feet with it. He said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

  • Acts 23:12
    70%

    12When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

  • Acts 23:30
    70%

    30When I was informed of a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately and also instructed his accusers to state their case against him before you. Farewell.

  • Acts 9:23
    70%

    23After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him.

  • Acts 21:19
    69%

    19After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 23:27
    69%

    27This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. I came with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman citizen.

  • Acts 19:31
    69%

    31Even some of the officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

  • Acts 17:16
    69%

    16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply troubled as he observed the city full of idols.