Acts 21:17-40

17AfterG1161 we arrivedG1096 in JerusalemG2414, 1the brethrenG80 receivedG588 us gladlyG780. 18And the followingG1897 day PaulG3972 wentG1524 in with us to 23JamesG2385, and allG3956 4the eldersG4245 were presentG3854. 19After he had greetedG782 them, he 5began to relateG1834 oneG1520 by oneG1520 the things whichG3739 GodG2316 had doneG4160 amongG1722 the GentilesG1484 throughG1223 his 6ministryG1248. 20And when they heardG191 it they began 7glorifyingG1392 GodG2316; and they saidG3004 to him, “You seeG2334, brotherG80, howG4214 manyG4214 8thousandsG3461 there are amongG1722 the JewsG2453 of thoseG3588 who have believedG4100, and they are allG3956 9zealousG2207 for the LawG3551; 21and they have been toldG2727 aboutG4012 you, that you are 10teachingG1321 allG3956 the JewsG2453 who are amongG2596 the GentilesG1484 to forsakeG646 MosesG3475, tellingG3004 them 11not to circumciseG4059 their childrenG5043 norG3366 to 12walkG4043 according to 13the customsG1485. 22WhatG5101, thenG3767, is to be done? They will certainlyG3843 hearG191 that you have comeG2064. 23ThereforeG3767 doG4160 thisG3778 that we tellG3004 you. We have fourG5064 menG435 who 1415are underG2192G1909 a vowG2171; 24takeG3880 them and 16purifyG48 yourself alongG4862 with them, and 17payG1159 their expensesG1159 soG2443 that they may 18shaveG3587 their 19headsG2776; and allG3956 will knowG1097 that there is nothingG3762 to the things whichG3739 they have been toldG2727 aboutG4012 you, but that you yourselfG846 alsoG2532 walkG4748 orderlyG4748, keepingG5442 the LawG3551. 25But concerningG4012 the GentilesG1484 who have believedG4100, we wroteG1989, 20having decidedG2919 that they should abstainG5442 from 21meatG3588 sacrificedG1494 to idolsG1494 and from bloodG129 and from what is strangledG4156 and from fornicationG4202.” 26ThenG5119 PaulG3972 22tookG3880 the menG435, and the nextG2192 dayG2250, 23purifyingG48 himself alongG4862 with them, 24wentG1524 into the templeG2413 givingG1229 noticeG1229 of the completionG1604 of the daysG2250 of purificationG49, untilG2193 the sacrificeG4376 was offeredG4374 for eachG1538 oneG1520 of them.

27WhenG5613 25the sevenG2033 daysG2250 were almostG3195 overG4931, 26the JewsG2453 from 2728AsiaG773, upon seeingG2300 him in the templeG2413, began to stirG4797 up allG3956 the crowdG3793 and laidG1911 handsG5495 on him, 28cryingG2896 out, “MenG435 of IsraelG2475, comeG997 to our aidG997! 29ThisG3778 is the manG444 who preachesG1321 to allG3956 menG3956 everywhereG3836 againstG2596 our peopleG2992 and the LawG3551 and thisG3778 placeG5117; and besidesG2089 he has evenG2532 broughtG1521 GreeksG1672 into the templeG2413 and has 30defiledG2840 thisG3778 holyG40 placeG5117.” 29For they had previouslyG4308 seenG4308 31TrophimusG5161 the 32EphesianG2180 in the cityG4172 with him, and they supposedG3543 that PaulG3972 had broughtG1521 him into the templeG2413. 30ThenG2532 allG3650 the cityG4172 was provokedG2795, and 33the peopleG2992 rushedG4890 togetherG4890, and takingG1949 holdG1949 of PaulG3972 they 34draggedG1670 him out of the templeG2413, and immediatelyG2112 the doorsG2374 were shutG2808. 31While they were seekingG2212 to killG615 him, a reportG5334 cameG305 up to the 35commanderG5506 of the 36Roman 37cohortG4686 that allG3650 JerusalemG2419 was in confusionG4797. 32At onceG1824 he 38tookG3880 alongG3880 some soldiersG4757 and centurionsG1543 and ranG2701 downG2701 to them; and when they sawG3708 the 39commanderG5506 and the soldiersG4757, they stoppedG3973 beatingG5180 PaulG3972. 33ThenG5119 the 40commanderG5506 cameG1448 up and tookG1949 holdG1949 of him, and orderedG2753 him to be 41boundG1210 with 42twoG1417 chainsG254; and he began askingG4441 whoG5101 he was and whatG5101 he had doneG4160. 34But amongG1722 the crowdG3793 43someG243 were shoutingG2019 one thing and someG243 anotherG243, and when he couldG1410 not findG1097 out the 44factsG804 becauseG1223 of the uproarG2351, he orderedG2753 him to be broughtG71 into 45the barracksG3925. 35WhenG3753 he gotG1096 to 46the stairsG304, he was carriedG941 by the soldiersG4757 becauseG1223 of the violenceG970 of the 47mobG3793; 36for the multitudeG4128 of the peopleG2992 kept followingG190 them, shoutingG2896, “48AwayG142 with him!”

37As PaulG3972 was aboutG3195 to be broughtG1521 into 49the barracksG3925, he saidG3004 to the 50commanderG5506, “MayG1832 I sayG3004 somethingG5100 to you?” And he saidG5346, “Do you knowG1097 GreekG1676? 38ThenG686 you are not 51the EgyptianG124 who someG3778 52timeG2250 agoG4253 stirredG387 up a revoltG387 and ledG1806 the fourG5070 thousandG5070 menG435 of the AssassinsG4607 out 53into the wildernessG2048?” 39But PaulG3972 saidG3004, “54I amG1510 a JewG2453 of TarsusG5018 in 55CiliciaG2791, a citizenG4177 of noG3756 insignificantG767 cityG4172; and I begG1189 you, allowG2010 me to speakG2980 to the peopleG2992.” 40When he had givenG2010 him permissionG2010, PaulG3972, standingG2476 on 56the stairsG304, 57motionedG2678 to the peopleG2992 with his handG5495; and when there 58was a greatG4183 hushG4602, he spokeG4377 to them in the 5960HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, sayingG3004,