Acts 21:31

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Summary

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

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General references

Proverbs 24:11

Bible References

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They listened to Paul until [he made] this [last] statement, but now they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with such a man from the earth! He is not fit to live!”

“So then, I [once] thought to myself that it was my duty to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

Are they [self-proclaimed] servants of Christ?—I am speaking as if I were out of my mind—I am more so [for I exceed them]; with far more labors, with far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, and often in danger of death.

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Then Paul, calling in one of the centurions, said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.”

but Lysias the commander came, and with great force took him out of our hands,

So the next day Agrippa and [his sister] Bernice came with great pageantry, and they went into the auditorium accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

So the cohort and their commander and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him,

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Then you are not [as I assumed] the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led those 4,000 men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?”

But the [unbelieving] Jews became jealous, and taking along some thugs from [the lowlifes in] the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and then attacking Jason’s house tried to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.

For we are running the risk of being accused of rioting in regard to today’s events, and since there is no reason for it, we will be unable to give an account and justify this disorderly gathering.”

Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. When Joab heard the trumpet sound, he said, “Why is the city in such an uproar?”

But they said, “It must not be during the festival (Passover), otherwise there might be a riot among the people.”

but they were saying, “Not during the festival, for the people might riot.”

General references

Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!