Acts 21:30
The 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.
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- 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.
- 2 Cor 11:26 : 26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,
- 2 Kgs 11:15 : 15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army,“Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the LORD’s temple.
- Matt 2:3 : 3 When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matt 21:10 : 10 As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, saying,“Who is this?”
- Luke 4:29 : 29 They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
- Acts 7:57-58 : 57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent. 58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Acts 16:19-22 : 19 But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities. 20 When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews 21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.” 22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
- Acts 19:29 : 29 The 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.
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- Acts 21:31-366 verses83%
31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33 Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.
34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.
35 When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,
36 for a crowd of people followed them, screaming,“Away with him!”
- Acts 21:27-293 verses82%
27 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,
28 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!”
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.)
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10 When 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.
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21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
- Acts 19:28-303 verses77%
28 When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 The 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.
30 But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.
- Acts 14:18-192 verses74%
18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
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.
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14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
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57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.
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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.
- Acts 16:19-202 verses72%
19 But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
20 When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
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22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
- Acts 22:23-242 verses72%
23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
24 the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.
- Acts 17:5-62 verses71%
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,
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40 When 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,
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39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
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31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.
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37 But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”
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18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
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30 Paul 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.
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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,
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17 Paul 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.
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30 So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,
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21 When 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.
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40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”
- Acts 17:8-92 verses70%
8 They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
9 After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.
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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.
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6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
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33 So Paul left the Areopagus.
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15 So 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.”
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23 “We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
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16 Paul at Athens While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.
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29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
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12 When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”
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5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,