Acts 21:15-40

15And after these daysG2250 we took up our baggage and wentG305 up to JerusalemG2414. 16And there went with us alsoG2532 certainG5100 of the disciplesG3101 from Cæsarea, bringingG71 with them oneG5100 Mnason of Cyprus, an earlyG744 discipleG3101, with whom we should lodge.

17And when we were comeG1096 to JerusalemG2414, the brethren received us gladly. 18And the day following PaulG3972 went in with us unto JamesG2385; and all the eldersG4245 were present. 19And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed oneG1520 by oneG1520 the thingsG3739 which GodG2316 had wrought among the GentilesG1484 through his ministryG1248. 20And they, when they heardG191 it, glorifiedG1392 GodG2316; and they saidG3004 unto him, Thou seest, brotherG80, howG4214 manyG4214 thousands there areG1510 among the JewsG2453 of them that have believedG4100; and they areG1510 all zealousG2207 for the lawG3551: 21and they have been informed concerningG4012 thee, that thou teachest all the JewsG2453 who are among the GentilesG1484 to forsake MosesG3475, tellingG3004 them not to circumciseG4059 their childrenG5043, neither to walkG4043 after the customsG1485. 22What isG1510 it thereforeG3767? they will certainly hearG191 that thou art comeG2064. 23Do thereforeG3767 this that we sayG3004 to thee: We have fourG5064 menG435 that have a vowG2171 on them; 24these takeG3880, and purifyG48 thyself with them, and beG1510 at charges for them, that they may shave their headsG2776: and all shall knowG1097 that there isG1510 no truth in the thingsG3778 whereof they have beenG1510 informed concerningG4012 thee; but that thou thyself alsoG2532 walkest orderly, keepingG5442 the lawG3551. 25But as touching the GentilesG1484 that have believedG4100, we wrote, giving judgment that they should keepG5442 themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from bloodG129, and from what is strangled, and from fornication. 26ThenG5119 PaulG3972 tookG3880 the menG435, and the next dayG2250 purifyingG48 himself with them went into the temple, declaring the fulfilment of the daysG2250 of purification, until the offeringG4376 was offeredG4374 for every oneG1520 of them.

27And whenG5613 the sevenG2033 daysG2250 were almost completed, the JewsG2453 from AsiaG773, whenG5613 they sawG2300 him in the temple, stirred up all the multitudeG3793 and laidG1911 handsG5495 on him, 28cryingG2896 out, MenG444 of Israel, helpG997: This isG1510 the manG444 that teacheth all menG444 everywhereG3837 against the peopleG2992, and the lawG3551, and this placeG5117; and moreover he broughtG1521 GreeksG1672 alsoG2532 into the templeG2411, and hath defiledG2840 this holyG40 placeG5117. 29For they had before seen with him in the cityG4172 TrophimusG5161 the EphesianG2180, whom they supposed that PaulG3972 had broughtG1521 into the temple. 30And all the cityG4172 was movedG2795, and the peopleG2992 ran together; and they laid holdG1949 on PaulG3972, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doorsG2374 were shutG2808. 31And as they were seekingG2212 to killG615 him, tidings cameG305 up to the chief captain of the band, that all JerusalemG2419 was in confusion. 32And forthwith he tookG3880 soldiersG4757 and centurionsG1543, and ran down upon them: and they, when they sawG3708 the chief captain and the soldiersG4757, left off beatingG5180 PaulG3972. 33Then the chief captain came near, and laid holdG1949 on him, and commandedG2753 him to beG1510 boundG1210 with twoG1417 chainsG254; and inquiredG4441 who he wasG1510, and what he had done. 34And some shouted oneG5100 thing, some another, among the crowdG3793: and when he could not knowG1097 the certainty for the uproarG2351, he commandedG2753 him to be broughtG71 into the castle. 35And whenG3753 he cameG1096 upon the stairsG304, so it was that he was borneG941 of the soldiersG4757 for the violenceG970 of the crowdG3793; 36for the multitudeG4128 of the peopleG2992 followedG190 after, cryingG2896 out, AwayG142 with him.

37And as PaulG3972 was about to be broughtG1521 into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I sayG3004 somethingG5100 unto thee? And he saidG3004, Dost thou knowG1097 GreekG1676? 38Art thou not then the EgyptianG124, who before these daysG2250 stirred up to sedition and led out into the wildernessG2048 the fourG5070 thousandG5070 menG435 of the Assassins? 39But PaulG3972 saidG3004, I amG1510 a JewG2453, of TarsusG5018 in CiliciaG2791, a citizenG4177 of no mean cityG4172: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speakG2980 unto the peopleG2992. 40And when he had given him leave, PaulG3972, standingG2476 on the stairsG304, beckoned with the handG5495 unto the peopleG2992; and when there was made a greatG4183 silenceG4602, he spake unto them in the HebrewG1446 languageG1258, sayingG3004,