Acts 21:30

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut - probably that the murder they meant to perpetrate might not pollute that holy place.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The city was moved - Was agitated; was thrown into commotion. Drew him out of the temple - Under the pretence that he had defiled it. The evi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Outburst of Jewish Fury against Paul in the Temple: his Arrest. A week later Paul is in the Temple to discharge his vow; whether it was discharged...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

all the city . the whole city. the people ran, &c . = there was. running together (Greek. sundrome . Only here) of the people. took . Greek...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 30. And the city was moved. We see in this place the vanity of the common people, which count Paul a condemned man before ever they hear h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. They...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And all the city was moved,— The accusation brought against St. Paul, though false, put all the city in a commotion, and brought a vast concourse o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul in Jerusalem (Chs 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The people ran together. — Better, perhaps, there was a rush of the people. St. Luke brings into something like a mental juxtaposition the pictur...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Facing a Bigoted Mob Acts 21:27-40 Four days passed and there seemed a hope that, as the number of pilgrims grew less, Paul might escape recogn...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Passing on toward Jerusalem, Paul and those with him reached Tyre. There the disciples urged the apostle not to go to Jerusalem; but, having received...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

IN JERUSALEM ‘And all the city was moved.’ Acts 21:30 St. Paul is now at Jerusalem. What changes had taken place during the quarter of a cen...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together ,.... The outcry in the temple reached the ears of some that were without, and these alarmed...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. Ve...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And all the city was moved Was in an uproar. Although the people had little holiness themselves, yet they had a great veneration for the temple; an...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From this point onwards there is no record of the work of God spreading as it had previously through Paul's energetic ministry. In fact, we read of n...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 the doors we...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 21:26 . Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself , might read took the men the next day, and having purified...
Scofield Reference Notes

drew See ( Acts 14:19 ); ( Acts 16:19 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 21:1 . We came with a straight course to Coos, or Cos. See the map of St. Paul's travels. It is the principal island of the group called Cycl...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when the seven days were almost ended the Jews which were of Asia … stirred up all the people. Paul in the temple 1. Unholy zeal is more ea...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 21:1 When it came to pass float we were parted from them, and had set sail for it came to pass, that after we were gotte...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The beginning of the riot:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they took Paul, and drew him out of the Temple; and forthwith the doors were shut. Pa...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:26 ; Acts 16:19 ; Acts 16:20-22 ; Acts 19:29 ; Acts 26:21 ; Acts 7:57 ; Acts 7:58 ; Luke 4:29 ; Matthew 2:3 ; Matthew 21:1...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And immediately the gates were shut — Both to prevent any farther violation of the temple; and to prevent Paul's taking sanctuary at the horns of t...

³⁰ And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

Related Commentaries of Acts 21:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 21:30