6Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
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And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. …
And 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, …
Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)We must suppose that Lysias, the chief captain , when he had sent away Paul to Caesarea , gave notice to the chief priests, and others that had appeared against Paul, that if they had any thing to accuse him of they must follow him to Caesarea, and there they would find him, and a judge ready to hear them-thinking, perhaps, they would not have given themselves so much trouble; but what will not ma…
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