Acts 21:27

When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

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WEBBE

When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

BSB

When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

KJV

And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

ASV

And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

BBE

And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,

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ὡς hōs When G5613 δὲ de now G1161 ἔμελλον emellon were about G3195 αἱ hai the G3588 ἑπτὰ hepta seven G2033 ἡμέραι hēmerai days G2250 συντελεῖσθαι sunteleisthai to be completed G4931 οἱ hoi the G3588 ἀπὸ apo from G575 τῆς tēs (the) G3588 Ἀσίας Asias Asia G773 Ἰουδαῖοι Ioudaioi Jews G2453 θεασάμενοι theasamenoi having seen G2300 αὐτὸν auton him G846 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 ἱερῷ hi'erō temple G2411 συνέχεον sunecheon were stirring up G4797 πάντα panta all G3956 τὸν ton the G3588 ὄχλον ochlon crowd G3793 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐπέβαλον epebalon laid G1911 ἐπ ep᾽ upon G1909 αὐτὸν auton him G846 τὰς tas (the) G3588 χεῖρας cheiras hands G5495

The early church

"And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia" - for his arrival most keeps times with theirs - "when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, 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 further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place." Mark their habitual conduct, how turbulent we everywhere find it, how men who with or without reason make a clamor in the midst. "Jews from Asia having seen him," for it was natural that they were spending some days there, "in the Temple." Mark the economy of Providence that appeared in this. After the believing Jews had been persuaded concerning him, then it is that those Jews of Asia set upon him in order that those believing Jews may not also set upon him. "Help," say they, "ye men of Israel!" as though it were some monster difficult to be caught, and hard to be overcome, that has fallen into their hands. "All men," they say, "everywhere, he ceaseth not to teach;" not here only. And then the accusation is more aggravated by the present circumstances. "And yet more," say they, "he has polluted the temple, having brought into it men who are Greeks." And yet in Christ's time there "came up Greeks to worship": true, but here it speaks of Greeks who had no mind to worship.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 27–40

In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently set upon. They falsely charged him with ill doctrine and ill practice against the Mosaic ceremonies. It is no new thing for those who mean honestly and act regularly, to have things laid to their charge which they know not and never thought of. It is common for the wise and good to have that charged against them by malicious people, with which they thought to have obliged them. God often makes those a protection to his people, who have no affection to them, but only have compassion for sufferers, and regard to the public peace. And here see what false, mistaken notions of good people and good ministers, many run away with. But God seasonably interposes for the safety of his servants, from wicked and unreasonable men; and gives them opportunities to speak for themselves, to plead for the Redeemer, and to spread abroad his glorious gospel.

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Minister, ChristianPaulPrisonersAsiaTrophimus

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.