ACTS 21:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
Then all the city was moved, and the people rushed together, and taking Paul, they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut — Paul is forcibly expelled from the temple; the narrative echoes the ejection of merchants from the temple, yet here it is Paul, not the system, being expelled. The closing of the doors (perhaps symbolically) severs Paul from the holy place.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:30
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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