Acts:21:27-22

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* Now when the seven days were about to be completed , the Jews from Asia , seeing him in the temple , were stirring up all the crowd and put their hands on him , * crying out , "Men of Israel , help us ! This is the man who is teaching all [people ] everywhere against the people and the Law and this place ; and furthermore he has brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place ." * For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him , whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple . * And all the city was aroused ; and there was a mob forming among the people , and taking hold of Paul they were dragging him outside the temple ; and immediately the doors were shut . * And seeking to kill him , a report went up to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem had been stirred up , * who immediately having taken along soldiers and centurions , ran down among them . And when they saw the commander and the soldiers , they stopped beating Paul . * And the commander , approaching , took hold of him , and ordered him to be bound with two chains ; and he was inquiring who he might be and what he had done . * But others among the crowd were crying out one thing and some another ; and because he was unable to ascertain the truth because of the noise , he commanded him to be brought into the barracks . * But when he arrived at the stairs , he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd . * For the multitude of the people was following , calling out , "take him away !" * Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks , he said to the commander , "Is it permitted from me to speak to you ?"And he said , "Do you know Greek ? * Are you not then the Egyptian who rose up before these days , and led forth the four thousand men of the assassins into the wilderness ?" * But Paul said , "I am a Jew from Tarsus of Cilicia , a citizen of no obscure city ; and I request of you , permit me to speak to the people ." * And permitting him , Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people . And when there was a great silence , he addressed them in the Hebrew language , saying ,

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