Acts 21:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

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  • Acts 24:18 : 18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
  • Acts 26:21 : 21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
  • Acts 14:2 : 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
  • Acts 14:5 : 5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
  • Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly. 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
  • Acts 17:13 : 13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
  • Acts 18:12 : 12 Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
  • Acts 4:3 : 3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.
  • Acts 6:12 : 12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

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  • Acts 21:28-32
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    28shouting,“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!”

    29(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)

    30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

    31While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

    32He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.

  • Acts 24:18-19
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    18which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.

    19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

  • Acts 21:26
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    26Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Acts 25:7
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    7When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.

  • Acts 18:12
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    12Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

  • Acts 17:5
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    5But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

  • Acts 24:6
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    6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.

  • Acts 21:40
    72%

    40When the commanding officer had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, he addressed them in Aramaic,

  • Acts 21:36
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    36for a crowd of people followed them, screaming,“Away with him!”

  • Acts 16:20
    71%

    20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

  • Acts 19:28-29
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    71%

    28When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

    29The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

  • Acts 17:13
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    13But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

  • Acts 19:10
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    10This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

  • Acts 7:57
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    57But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

  • Acts 22:22-23
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    22The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”

    23While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,

  • Acts 25:2
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    2So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

  • Acts 23:20
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    20He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

  • Acts 14:5
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    5When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

  • Acts 19:33
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    33Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.

  • Acts 24:11
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    11As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • Acts 14:19
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    19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

  • Acts 5:21
    71%

    21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

  • Acts 22:30
    70%

    30Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then 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 informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

  • Acts 23:9-10
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    70%

    9There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly,“We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

    10When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21All who heard him were amazed and were saying,“Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

  • Acts 19:26
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    26And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

  • Acts 5:27
    70%

    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

  • Acts 17:8
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    8They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

  • Acts 21:11
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    11He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said,“The Holy Spirit says this:‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

  • Acts 23:12
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    12The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

  • Acts 23:30
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    30When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.

  • Acts 9:23
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    23Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

  • Acts 21:19
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    19When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 23:27
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    27This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

  • Acts 19:31
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    31Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

  • Acts 17:16
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    16Paul at Athens While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.