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Text -- Acts 21:23-40 (NET)
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21:23 So do what we tell you : We have four men who have taken a vow ;
21:24 take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses , so that they may have their heads shaved . Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you , but that you yourself live in conformity with the law .
21:25 But regarding the Gentiles who have believed , we have written a letter , having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality .”
21:26 Then Paul took the men the next day , and after he had purified himself along with them , he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification , when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them .
21:27 When the seven days were almost over , the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him ,
21:28 shouting , “Men of Israel , help ! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people , our law , and this sanctuary ! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean !”
21:29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts .)
21:30 The whole city was stirred up , and the people rushed together . They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts , and immediately the doors were shut .
21:31 While they were trying to kill him , a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion .
21:32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd . When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers , they stopped beating Paul .
21:33 Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains ; he then asked who he was and what he had done .
21:34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance , he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks .
21:35 When he came to the steps , Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob ,
21:36 for a crowd of people followed them, screaming , “Away with him !”
21:37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks , he said to the commanding officer , “May I say something to you ?” The officer replied , “Do you know Greek ?
21:38 Then you’re not that Egyptian who started a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the ‘Assassins ’ into the wilderness some time ago ?”
21:39 Paul answered , “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia , a citizen of an important city . Please allow me to speak to the people .”
21:40 When the commanding officer had given him permission , Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand . When they had become silent , he addressed them in Aramaic ,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Paul |
John |
LYCIA |
Synagogue |
Minister |
Prisoners |
ANTONIA |
Claudius Lysias |
Trophimus |
Claudius |
TERTULLUS |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
Fraternity |
Lysias, Claudius |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Temple |
Soldiers |
Bigotry |
Opinion, Public |
Purification |
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NET Notes -> Act 21:23; Act 21:23; Act 21:23; Act 21:23; Act 21:24; Act 21:24; Act 21:24; Act 21:24; Act 21:24; Act 21:24; Act 21:24; Act 21:24; Act 21:25; Act 21:25; Act 21:25; Act 21:25; Act 21:25; Act 21:26; Act 21:26; Act 21:26; Act 21:26; Act 21:26; Act 21:26; Act 21:27; Act 21:27; Act 21:27; Act 21:27; Act 21:27; Act 21:27; Act 21:28; Act 21:28; Act 21:28; Act 21:28; Act 21:28; Act 21:28; Act 21:28; Act 21:28; Act 21:29; Act 21:29; Act 21:29; Act 21:30; Act 21:30; Act 21:30; Act 21:30; Act 21:31; Act 21:31; Act 21:31; Act 21:31; Act 21:31; Act 21:31; Act 21:32; Act 21:32; Act 21:32; Act 21:32; Act 21:32; Act 21:32; Act 21:32; Act 21:33; Act 21:33; Act 21:33; Act 21:33; Act 21:33; Act 21:34; Act 21:34; Act 21:34; Act 21:34; Act 21:34; Act 21:34; Act 21:34; Act 21:35; Act 21:35; Act 21:35; Act 21:36; Act 21:36; Act 21:37; Act 21:37; Act 21:37; Act 21:37; Act 21:37; Act 21:37; Act 21:37; Act 21:38; Act 21:38; Act 21:38; Act 21:38; Act 21:38; Act 21:39; Act 21:39; Act 21:39; Act 21:39; Act 21:40; Act 21:40; Act 21:40; Act 21:40; Act 21:40; Act 21:40; Act 21:40
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NET Notes: Act 21:25 What has been strangled. That is, to refrain from eating animals that had been killed without having the blood drained from them. According to the Mos...
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NET Notes: Act 21:28 Has brought Greeks…unclean. Note how the issue is both religious and ethnic, showing a different attitude by the Jews. A Gentile was not permitt...
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NET Notes: Act 21:29 This is a parenthetical note by the author. The note explains the cause of the charge and also notes that it was false.
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NET Notes: Act 21:32 The mob stopped beating Paul because they feared the Romans would arrest them for disturbing the peace and for mob violence. They would let the Roman ...
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NET Notes: Act 21:34 Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Rom...
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NET Notes: Act 21:36 The word “them” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must ...
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NET Notes: Act 21:37 “Do you know Greek?” Paul as an educated rabbi was bilingual. Paul’s request in Greek allowed the officer to recognize that Paul was...
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