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When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,
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An Act of Peace Ignites a Riot
Scholars highlight the tragic irony of this moment. Paul was in the temple performing a Jewish purification vow specifically to appease his critics and show respect for the Law. Yet, it was this very act of conciliation, undertaken in a spirit of peace, that led to his violent seizure by prejudiced enemies from Asia.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And when the seven days were almost ended. Greek: As the seven days were about to be fulfilled. (The Greek is emellon sunteleisyai
The seven days (α επτα ημερα). For which Paul had taken the vow, though there may be an allusion to the pentecostal week for which…
19th Century
Anglican
When the seven days were almost ended.—Literally, were on the point to be completed. Saint Luke speaks of “t…
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The strategy of Paul’s taking a vow and paying for the Nazirite offerings hardly proved successful—probably nothing could have conciliated those wh…
16th Century
Protestant
The Jews who came from Asia. It is certain that these men were enemies of the name of Christ and of Christians, so that while Paul is inte…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the seven days were almost ended The Syriac version renders it, "when the seventh day was come"; from the t…
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In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently attacked. They falsely charged him with false doctri…
