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]!” ²⁹ (They said this because they had seen Trophimus [20:4; 2 Tim. 4:20], ·a man from Ephesus [^Lthe Ephesian], with Paul in ·Jerusalem [^Lthe city]. They ·thought [supposed; assumed] that Paul had brought him into the Temple [^CGod-fearing Gentiles were only allowed in the outer courtyard, known as the “court of the Gentiles”].)