Acts 24:18
which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
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- Acts 21:26-30 : 26 Then 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. 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.) 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.
- 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 24:12 : 12 They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,
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- Acts 24:11-144 verses82%
11 As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
12 They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,
13 nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.
14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
- Acts 24:16-172 verses81%
16 This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
17 After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,
- Acts 24:19-213 verses79%
19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
21 other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
- Acts 21:26-305 verses76%
26 Then 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.
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.)
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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21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
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17 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
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6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
- Acts 19:31-333 verses71%
31 Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.
32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.
33 Some 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.
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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.”
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21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.
- Acts 28:17-193 verses70%
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.
18 When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
19 But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar– not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.
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18 When they arrived, he said to them,“You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia,
19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.
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37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
- Acts 21:22-243 verses70%
22 What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.
23 So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;
24 take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.
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12 “While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,
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27 This 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.
28 Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
29 I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
30 When 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.
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4 Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.
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18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
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23 At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.
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15 When 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.
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2 When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,“We have experienced a lengthy time of peace through your rule, and reforms are being made in this nation through your foresight.
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8 Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”
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18 When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.
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19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
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4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
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10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
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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.
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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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2 (When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,