Acts 21:27-36
Paul Is Arrested
27Now when athe seven days were almost over, bthe Jews from 1,cAsia, upon noticing him in the temple, began to throw all the crowd into confusion and laid hands on him, 28crying out, “Men of Israel, help! aThis is the man who teaches to everyone everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has bdefiled this holy place.” 29For they had previously seen aTrophimus the bEphesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. 30Then all the city was stirred, and 1the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they adragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. 31While they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the 1commander of the aRoman 2cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32At once he atook along soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be abound with btwo chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done. 34But among the crowd asome were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the 1facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into bthe barracks. 35And when he got to athe stairs, he actually was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd; 36for the multitude of the people kept following them, shouting, “aAway with him!”