Acts 21:30
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.
Acts 21:30 in other translations
| BSB | The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut. |
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| WEB | All the city was moved and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut. |
| ASV | And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut. |
| YLT | All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut, |
| DARBY | And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. |
| BBE | And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Acts 21:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 21:27-30
27-30. the Jews ... of Asia--in all likelihood those of Ephesus (since they recognized Trophimus apparently as a townsman, Ac 21:29), embittered by their discomfiture (Ac 19:9, &c.).
Barnes' Notes
Drew him out of the temple. Under the pretence that he had defiled it. The evident design was to put him to death, Acts 21:31.
The doors were shut. The doors leading into the courts of the temple.
(*) "forthwith" "Immediately"
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 21:27-40
In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently set upon. They falsely charged him with ill doctrine and ill practice against the Mosaic ceremonies. It is no new thing for those who mean honestly and act regularly, to have things laid to their charge which they know not and never thought of. It is common for the wise and good to have that charged against them by…
Acts 21:30 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 21:30
- Acts 26:21
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
- 2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
- Acts 16:19-22
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
- Acts 7:57-58
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
- Acts 19:29
And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
- 2 Kings 11:15
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.
- Matthew 21:10
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
- Luke 4:29
And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
- Matthew 2:3
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
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Context
- Acts 21:29
(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
- Acts 21:30
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.
- Acts 21:31
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 21:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así que, toda la ciudad se alborotó, y agolpóse el pueblo; y tomando á Pablo, hiciéronle salir fuera del templo, y luego las puertas fueron cerradas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et toute la ville fut en émoi, et il se fit un rassemblement du peuple; et ayant saisi Paul, ils le traînèrent hors du temple; et aussitôt les portes furent fermées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die ganze Stadt kam in Bewegung, und es entstand ein Zusammenlauf des Volkes; und sie ergriffen Paulus und schleppten ihn aus dem Tempel, und alsbald wurden die Türen geschlossen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Commotaque est civitas tota, et facta est concursio populi. Et apprehendentes Paulum, trahebant eum extra templum: et statim clausæ sunt januæ. |