Acts 21:30

Acts 21:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
• New International Version (NIV)The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And all the city was disturbed; and the people ran together, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut.

Context of Acts 21:30

28Then they began shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere to turn against the Jewish people, Moses’ Teachings, and this temple. He has even brought Greeks into the temple courtyard and has made this holy place unclean.” 29They had seen Trophimus from Ephesus with him in the city earlier and thought Paul had taken him into the temple courtyard. The whole city was in chaos, and a mob formed. The mob grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the temple courtyard. The courtyard doors were immediately shut. 31As the people were trying to kill Paul, the officer in charge of the Roman soldiers received a report that all Jerusalem was rioting. 32Immediately, he took some soldiers and officers and charged the crowd. When the crowd saw the officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Acts 21:30 word by word

ἐκινήθη τε ἡ πόλις ὅλη καὶ ἐγένετο συνδρομὴ τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἐπιλαβόμενοι τοῦ Παύλου εἷλκον αὐτὸν ἔξω τοῦ ἱεροῦ· καὶ εὐθέως ἐκλείσθησαν αἱ θύραι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• the cityὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• movedκινέωkineō · to moveG2795
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• ran togetherσυνδρομήsundromē · swarmingG4890
• they tookἐπιλαμβάνωepilambanomai · to catchG1949
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• and drewἕλκωhelkuō helkō · to draw/persuadeG1670
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• out ofἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• forthwithεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• the doorsθύραthura · doorG2374
• were shutκλείωkleiō · to shutG2808

Cross-references for Acts 21:30

• Acts 16:20In front of the Roman officials, they said, “These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They’re Jews,
• Acts 19:29The confusion spread throughout the city, and the people had one thought in mind as they rushed into the theater. They grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who traveled with Paul, and they dragged the two men into the theater with them.
• Acts 26:21For this reason the Jews took me prisoner in the temple courtyard and tried to murder me.
• Matthew 2:3When King Herod and all Jerusalem heard about this, they became disturbed.
• Matthew 21:10When Jesus came into Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar. People were asking, “Who is this?”
• Acts 7:57But the council members shouted and refused to listen. Then they rushed at Stephen with one purpose in mind,
• Acts 16:19When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the authorities in the public square.
• Luke 4:29Their city was built on a hill with a cliff. So they got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the cliff. They intended to throw him off of it.
• 2 Corinthians 11:26Because I’ve traveled a lot, I’ve faced dangers from raging rivers, from robbers, from my own people, and from other people. I’ve faced dangers in the city, in the open country, on the sea, and from believers who turned out to be false friends.

Commentaries on Acts 21:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30They took Paul - They tumultuously seized on him; and drew him out of the temple, out of the court of the Israelites, where he was worshipping: and - the doors were shut; the doors of the court of the Gentiles, probably to prevent Paul from getting any succor from his friends in the city; for their whole proceedings show that they purposed to murder him: they brought him out of the court of the Israelites, that court being peculiarly holy, that it might…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30The city was moved - Was agitated; was thrown into commotion. Drew him out of the temple - Under the pretence that he had defiled it. The evident design was to put him to death, Acts 21:31. The doors were shut - The doors leading into the courts of the temple.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-40Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30This supposed defilement of the temple made many of the Jews very angry. They believed the temple had been made unclean by a Greek (non-Jew), so they quickly shut the temple gates.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3027-30. the Jews ... of Asia--in all likelihood those of Ephesus (since they recognized Trophimus apparently as a townsman, Ac 21:29), embittered by their discomfiture (Ac 19:9, &c.).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 21:30

• Arrest
• Fraternity
• Intolerance, Religious
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• Mob
• Paul
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• Temple
• Trophimus

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Commentaries on Acts 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings