Acts 21:30-32
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.
Acts 22:23
22:23 While they were screaming
and throwing off their cloaks
and tossing dust
in the air,
Acts 23:10-15
23:10 When the argument became
so great the commanding officer
feared that they would tear Paul to pieces,
he ordered the detachment
to go down, take him away from them by force,
and bring him into the barracks.
23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
The Plot to Kill Paul
23:12 When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
23:13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.
23:14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.
23:15 So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”