“While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia—”
'while they were thus engaged in making the offering, they found me already completed the purification in the temple, without any crowd or disturbance' — Paul was in the temple completing purification rites (the Nazirite vow undertaken with James) peacefully. The temple action was not seditious but pious; the narrative corroborates the elders' counsel that Paul participate in a Jewish vow.
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Acts 24:18
“While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia—”
'while they were thus engaged in making the offering, they found me already completed the purification in the temple, without any crowd or disturbance' — Paul was in the temple completing purification rites (the Nazirite vow undertaken with James) peacefully. The temple action was not seditious but pious; the narrative corroborates the elders' counsel that Paul participate in a Jewish vow.
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'while they were thus engaged in making the offering, they found me already completed the purification in the temple, without any crowd or disturbance' — Paul was in the temple completing purification rites (the Nazirite vow undertaken with James) peacefully. The temple action was not seditious but pious; the narrative corroborates the elders' counsel that Paul participate in a Jewish vow.