Acts 21:26-28

Expanded Bible

²⁶ The next day Paul took the four men and shared in the ·cleansing ceremony [ritual purification] with them. Then he went to the Temple and announced the time when the days of the ·cleansing ceremony [ritual purification] would be finished and an ·offering [sacrifice] would be ·given [offered] for each of the men.

²⁷ When the seven days were almost over [^Cthe period of time for purification; Num. 19:12], some of ·his people [^Lthe Jews] from [^Cthe province of] Asia saw Paul at the Temple. They ·caused all the people to be upset [stirred up/incited the whole crowd] and grabbed Paul. ²⁸ They shouted, “·People of Israel [^LMen, Israelites], help us! This is the man who goes everywhere teaching against our people [^CIsrael], against ·the law of Moses [^Lthe Law], and against this ·Temple [^Lplace]. Now he has brought some Greeks into the Temple and has ·made this holy place unclean [defiled this holy place]!”