For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
Parallel translations
- WEB For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.
- KJV For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
- NKJV For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
- NASB For these reasons some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to murder me.
- NLT Some Jews arrested me in the Temple for preaching this, and they tried to kill me.
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Quick answer
Paul explains that it was for this gospel ministry to the Gentiles that the Jews seized him in the temple and tried to kill him.
Overview
Paul locates the real cause of the charges against him: his faithful proclamation, especially that Gentiles are included by faith, provoked violent opposition. He thereby reframes his imprisonment not as criminality but as suffering for the gospel. This echoes the pattern of Christ Himself, whose faithful witness drew hostility, and reminds believers that opposition often accompanies obedient testimony.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Acts 21:30–31The 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.
- Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
- Acts 23:12–15When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
- Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
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