KJV King James Version
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
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Acts 21:28
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
WEB World English Bible
crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!”
ASV American Standard Version
crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
crying out, ‘Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;’
Surrounding context — Acts 21
25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written [and] concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
27 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,
28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
30 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.
31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
κράζοντες·G2896 · krazōto cryἄνδρεςG435 · anērmanἸσραηλῖται,G2475 · IsraēlitēsIsraeliteβοηθεῖτε.G997 · boētheōto helpοὗτόςG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἐστινG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄνθρωποςG444 · anthrōposa humanὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκατὰG2596 · kataaccording toτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoλαοῦG2992 · laosa peopleκαὶG2532 · kaiandτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoνόμουG3551 · nomoslawκαὶG2532 · kaiandτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoτόπουG5117 · toposplaceτούτουG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itπάνταςG3956 · pasallπανταχῇG6069 · pantachēeverywhereδιδάσκων,G1321 · didaskōto teachἔτιG2089 · etistillτεG5037 · teand/bothκαὶG2532 · kaiandἝλληναςG1672 · HellēnGreek, GentileεἰσήγαγενG1521 · eisagōto bring inεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἱερὸνG2411 · hierostempleκαὶG2532 · kaiandκεκοίνωκενG2840 · koinoōto profaneτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἅγιονG40 · hagiosholyτόπονG5117 · toposplaceτοῦτον.G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/it
Cross-references
Acts 24:5-6For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:Acts 21:21And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise [their] children, neither to walk after the customs.Acts 26:20-21But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.Jeremiah 7:4-15Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.Acts 24:18Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.Lamentations 1:10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.Acts 19:26-28Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:Matthew 24:15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)Acts 6:13-14And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
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