And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia. The Jews here mentioned were in all likelihood Ephesian Jews, since they recognized the Ephesian Trophimus; and if so, we may well suppose that, bearing Paul a grudge ever since the events recorded in Acts 19:9 , etc., they would be the first to instigate a tumult against him.
When they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,