ACTS 21:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.”
Crying out, 'Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and the law and this place; and besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place' — the charge is threefold: Paul teaches against Jews, against law, and against the temple. The accusation that he brought Gentiles into the inner temple (where non-Jews were forbidden) is the gravest charge, suggesting sacrilege.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:28
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, signifying the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. Acts 21:26 Signifying, διαγγέλλων, i.e. καταγγέλλων, publicly notifying: so that it was he who made himself conspicuous. And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia — for (his arrival) most keeps times with theirs — when they saw him in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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