and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

For ye have brought these men, who are neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.

And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,

Whom

And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,

And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring him into the fortress.

And

Pilate therefore said to them, Take him, ye, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted to us to put any one to death;

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God.

General references

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.