27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
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For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-40)We have here Paul brought into a captivity which we are not likely to see the end of; for after this he is either hurried from one bar to another, or lies neglected, first in one prison and then in another, and can neither be tried nor bailed. When we see the beginning of a trouble, we know not either how long it will last or how it will issue. I. We have here Paul seized, and laid hold on. 1. He…
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