Acts 21:17–28

^17lAnd when we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. ¹⁸On the following day Paul went in with us to ^mJames, and all the elders were present. ¹⁹When he had greeted them, ⁿhe told in detail those things which God had done among the Gentiles ^othrough his ministry. ²⁰And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ^pzealous for the law; ²¹but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. ²²⁴What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come. ²³Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow. ²⁴Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may ^qshave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law. ²⁵But concerning the Gentiles who believe, ^rwe have written and decided ⁵that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from ⁶sexual immorality.”

Arrested in the Temple

²⁶Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having been purified with them, ^sentered the temple ^tto announce the ⁷expiration of the days of purification, at which time an offering should be made for each one of them.

²⁷Now when the seven days were almost ended, ^uthe Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and ^vlaid hands on him, ²⁸crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man ^wwho teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”