Acts 21:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Shouting, '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.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this ple: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy ple.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and furthermore he brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    cryinge: men of Israel helpe. This is the man that teacheth all men every where agaynst the people and the lawe and this place. Moreover also he hath brought Grekes into the teple and hath polluted this holy place.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and cryed: Ye men of Israel, helpe, this is the man, that teacheth all men euery where agaynst oure people, the lawe, and this place. He hath broughte Grekes also in to the temple, and hath defyled this holy place.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Crying, Men of Israel, helpe: this is the man that teacheth all men euery where against the people, and the Lawe, and this place: moreouer, he hath brought Grecians into the Temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Crying: Men of Israel helpe. This is the man that teacheth all men euery where against the people, and the lawe, and this place: He hath also brought Grekes into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    crying out, `Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 24:5-6 : 5 We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him and wanted to judge him according to our law.
  • Acts 21:21 : 21 'They have been informed that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or follow our customs.'
  • Acts 24:18 : 18 While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without a crowd or any disturbance.
  • Acts 26:20-21 : 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. 21 For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Do not trust deceitful words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ 5 For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice between a person and their neighbor, 6 if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or follow other gods, bringing harm upon yourselves, 7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors forever and ever. 8 But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless. 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things? 11 Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD. 12 Now go to my place in Shiloh, where I first caused my name to dwell. See what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. 13 Now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer, 14 So I will do to the house that bears my name, in which you trust, and to the place I gave to you and your ancestors, just as I did to Shiloh. 15 And I will cast you out of my presence, just as I cast out all your brothers, the entire offspring of Ephraim.
  • Lam 1:10 : 10 The enemy has laid hands on all her treasures; she saw nations enter her sanctuary—those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.
  • Matt 24:15 : 15 'So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),'
  • Acts 6:13-14 : 13 They presented false witnesses who said, 'This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.' 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.
  • Acts 19:26-28 : 26 You 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. 27 Not only is there a danger that our trade might fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis might be discredited, and her magnificence, whom all of Asia and the world worship, might be destroyed. 28 When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 21:26-27
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    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.

    27When 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,

  • Acts 21:29-32
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    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
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    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

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

    13They said, 'This man persuades people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.'

  • Acts 24:6-7
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    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 6:12-14
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    12They 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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    14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.

  • Acts 19:28-29
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    73%

    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 24:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    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 16:20-21
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    20They brought them before the magistrates and said, 'These men are Jews, and they are causing an uproar in our city.'

    21'They are advocating customs that are not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.'

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

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    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.'

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    21'They have been informed that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or follow our customs.'

    22What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

  • Acts 22:22-24
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    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,

    24the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks and directed that he be interrogated under flogging to understand the reason they were shouting against him like this.

  • Acts 19:32-34
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    32Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in disarray, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

    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.

    34But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

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    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.

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    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?'

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    6But when they opposed him and spoke abusively, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, 'Your blood is on your own heads. I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'

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    71%

    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 28:21-22
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    21They replied, 'We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers who came here reported or said anything bad about you.'

    22But we would like to hear from you what you think, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.

  • Acts 19:37
    70%

    37For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Acts 17:5-6
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    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.

    6When 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 14:14
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    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

  • Acts 21:40
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    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 19:26
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    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 17:8
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    8They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

  • Acts 5:28
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    28We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

  • Acts 17:19
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    19They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, 'May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

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

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

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    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

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    34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another. Because the commander could not get at the truth due to the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.