Acts 24:18

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

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  • Acts 21:26-30 : 26 The 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. 27 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, 28 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.' 29 They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple. 30 The 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.
  • Acts 26:21 : 21 For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
  • Acts 24:12 : 12 My accusers did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues, or anywhere in the city.

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  • Acts 24:11-14
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    82%

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

    12My accusers did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues, or anywhere in the city.

    13Nor can they prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.

    14But I admit this to you: I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in the Law and written in the Prophets.

  • Acts 24:16-17
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    16In this, I strive to always keep my conscience clear before God and people.

    17After several years, I came to bring gifts to my nation and offerings.

  • Acts 24:19-21
    3 verses
    79%

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

    20Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin.

    21Unless it was for this one statement I made while standing among them: 'It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged before you today.'

  • Acts 21:26-30
    5 verses
    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.

    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,

    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.

  • Acts 26:21
    74%

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

  • Acts 22:17
    72%

    17After I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance.

  • Acts 24:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    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 19:31-33
    3 verses
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    31Even some of the officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

    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.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting over today’s events, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion." Having said this, he dismissed the assembly.

  • Acts 28:21
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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.'

  • Acts 28:17-19
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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.'

    18They examined me and wanted to release me because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

    19But when the Jews objected, I felt compelled to appeal to Caesar—not because I had any accusation to bring against my own people.

  • Acts 20:18-19
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    18When they arrived, he said to them, 'You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in Asia.'

    19'I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.'

  • Acts 19:37
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    37For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Acts 21:22-24
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    22What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

    23So do what we tell you: There are four men with us who have made a vow.

    24Take these men, join in their purification rites, and pay their expenses so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth to these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

  • Acts 26:12
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    12In this pursuit, I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests.

  • Acts 23:27-30
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    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.

    28Wanting to know the exact charge they were bringing against him, I brought him down to their council.

    29I found that he was accused concerning matters of their law but had no charge against him deserving death or imprisonment.

    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 26:4
    70%

    4The way of life I have lived since my youth, from the very beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem, is well known to all the Jews.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

  • Acts 19:23
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    23During that time, a great disturbance arose concerning the Way.

  • Acts 25:15
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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.

  • Acts 24:2
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    2When Paul was summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, 'Because of you, we have enjoyed much peace and reforms have been carried out for this nation through your foresight.'

  • Acts 25:8
    69%

    8Paul defended himself, saying, 'I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews, the temple, or Caesar.'

  • Acts 25:18
    68%

    18When the accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

  • Acts 22:19
    68%

    19But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues.

  • Acts 14:4
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    4The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, while others supported the apostles.

  • Acts 2:10
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    10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, visitors from Rome,

  • Acts 6:12
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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.

  • Acts 16:20
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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.'

  • Acts 22:2
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    2When they heard that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet, and he said: