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Acts 21:31

James Moffatt - New Testament

They were attempting to kill him, when word reached the commander of the garrison that the whole of Jerusalem was in confusion.

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But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,

So next day Agrippa and Bernice proceeded with great pomp to the hall of audience, accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent civilians of the town. Festus then ordered Paul to be brought in.

As Felix had a pretty accurate knowledge of the Way, he remanded Paul, telling the Jews, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case."

He actually tried to desecrate the temple, but we got hold of him.

Paul summoned one of the officers and said, "Take this young man to the commander, for he has some news to give him."

Till he said that, they had listened to him. But at that they shouted, "Away with such a creature from the earth! He is not fit to live!"

"Then you are not the Egyptian who in days gone by raised the four thousand assassins and led them out into the desert?"

Indeed there is a danger of our being charged with riot over to-day's meeting; there is not a single reason we can give for this disorderly gathering."

Now in Caesarea there was a man called Cornelius, a captain in the Italian regiment,

So the troops and their commander and the Jewish attendants seized Jesus, bound him,

They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival, in case of a riot among the people."

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium and got all the regiment round him;

This is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to assassinate me.




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