B.  ▲.  27


418  THE  raOT  XXI 27-40

Jews  from  Asia,  when  they  saw  him  in  the  temple,  ^stirred
up  all  the  'multitude,  and  laid  hands  on  him,  crying  out^

28  Men  of  Israel,  help :  This  is  the  man,  that  teacheth  all  men
everywhere  against  the  people,  and  the  law,  and  this  place :
and  moreover  he  brought  Greeks  also  into  the  temple,  and

29  hath  'defiled  this  holy  place.  For  they  had  before  seen  with
him  in  the  city  Trophimus  the  Ephesian,  whom  they  supposed

30  that  Paul  had  brought  into  the  temple.  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

31  the  doors  were  shut  And  as  they  were  seeking  to  kill  him,
tidings  came  up  to  the  ^chief  captain  of  the  'band,  that  all

32  Jerusalem  was  in  confusion  ^  And  forthwith  he  took  soldiers
and  centurions,  and  ran  down  upon  them :  and  they,  when
they  saw  the  chief  captain  and  the  soldiers,  left  off  beating

33  PauL  Then  the  chief  captain  came  near,  and  laid  hold  on
him,  and  commanded  him  to  be  bound  with  two  chains ;  and

34  inquired  who  he  was,  and  what  he  had  done.  And  some
shouted  one  thing,  some  another,  among  the  crowd:  and
when  he  could  not  know  the  certainty  for  the  uproar,  he

35  commanded  him  to  be  brought  into  the  castle.  And  when
he  came  upon  the  stairs,  so  it  was,  that  he  was  borne  of  the

36  soldiers  for  the  violence  of  the  crowd  ;  for  the  multitude  of
the  people  followed  after,  crying  out,  ^Away  with  him.
