They didn’t find me disputing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple complex or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city.

For you have brought these men here who are not temple robbers or blasphemers of our goddess.

As the seven days were about to end, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple complex, stirred up the whole crowd, and seized him,

Whom

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple complex, and at once the gates were shut.

As they were yelling and flinging aside their robes and throwing dust into the air,

When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, rescue him from them, and bring him into the barracks.

And

So Pilate told them, “Take Him yourselves and judge Him according to your law.”

“It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death,” the Jews declared.

“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law He must die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

General references

The first to state his case seems right
until another comes and cross-examines him.

“This man,” they said, “persuades people to worship God contrary to the law!”