Acts 21:28

Translations

Modern

…crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

Traditional

Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

Literal

…crying out, “Men, Israelites, help! This is the man who is teaching all those everywhere against the people and the law and this place. And besides, he has also brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

Latin

Viri Israëlitæ, adjuvate: hic est homo qui adversus populum, et legem, et locum hunc, omnes ubique docens, insuper et gentiles induxit in templum, et violavit sanctum locum istum.

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English

…crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

Notes

Acts 21:28–29

Greeks: It was a crime punishable by death to bring Gentiles (non-Jewish people) into the inner areas of the temple, beyond the Court of the Gentiles (see also Josephus, War 5.5.2; 6.2.4). The Jews believed Paul broke this holy law by bringing Trophimus, a Gentile from Ephesus, into the area reserved for only Jews (see also Acts 20:4; 2 Timothy 4:20).

Acts 21:26–36

The concerns of the Christian leaders were well-founded (21:20–25). When Paul and the other men had almost completed their vow, some Jews from Asia falsely accused Paul and raised a mob against him. They intended to kill Paul, but the Roman commander rescued him.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul)

Events

Paul arrested in the Templec. AD 54

Related verses

Acts 24:5–6
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
Acts 21:21
But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
Acts 26:20–21
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
Acts 6:13–14
…where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
Jeremiah 7:4–15
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Acts 24:18
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Lamentations 1:10
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
Matthew 24:15
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Acts 19:26–28
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Javan: Son of Japheth; ancestor of Greek people

Glossary

Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Paul the Apostle Persecution

Topics

Bigotry with Regard to Paul's Preaching Christian Minister: Persecution: Paul Church: Holy Place False Accusation: Incidents Illustrative of Against Paul Fraternity: The Nazarites, Vows of Gentiles: Not Allowed to Enter the Temple Mob: At Jerusalem Paul: Enters the Temple Courtyard Paul: Persecutions Endured By Prisoners: Paul Religious Intolerance: The Jewish Leaders in Persecuting Paul Temple: Herod the Great's Temple: Paul Observes the Rights of The Law of Moses: The Jews: Accused Christians of Speaking the Second Temple: No Gentile Allowed to Enter the Inner Courts of the Second Temple: The Jews: Considered It Blasphemy to Speak Against Trophimus with Paul in Jerusalem; Made the Occasion of an Attack on Paul Uncharitableness: The Jews, Charging Paul with Teaching Contrary to the Law of Moses and Against the Temple

Acts 21:28

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