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.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
- BSB The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
- 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.
- NASB Then the whole city was provoked and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
- NLT The whole city was rocked by these accusations, and a great riot followed. Paul was grabbed and dragged out of the Temple, and immediately the gates were closed behind him.
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The whole city is aroused, the people seize Paul and drag him out of the temple, and the doors are shut. The riot reaches its peak.
Overview
The mob, inflamed by the false charges, drags Paul from the temple to kill him, and the gates are closed behind him. The shutting of the doors poignantly pictures Paul's expulsion from the heart of Jewish worship. Yet through this very rejection, God advances His purpose to bring Paul, and the gospel, before rulers and ultimately to Rome.
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- Acts 26:21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
- 2 Cor 11:26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
- Acts 16:19–22And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
- Acts 7:57–58Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
- Matt 2:3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- 2 Kgs 11:15But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
- Matt 21:10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
- Luke 4:29And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
- Acts 19:29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
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