Acts 21:26-36 - The Riot In The Temple Complex

²⁶ Then Paul took the men, and after purifying himself with them next day, went into the temple to declare the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them. ²⁷ But when the seven days were almost over, the Asiatic Jews caught sight of him in the temple, and began to stir up all the crowd, and laid hands on him, shouting. ²⁸ "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the people, and the Law, and this place. And he has actually brought Gentiles even into the temple, and has desecrated the holy place." ²⁹ (For they had formerly seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

³⁰ The whole city was thrown into uproar. The mob surged together, seized Paul, and began to drag him outside the temple. Whereupon the doors were at once shut. ³¹ While they were attempting to kill him, news came to the tribune commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. ³² At once he took soldiers and centurions, and rushed down upon them. When they saw the tribune and the troops, they left off beating Paul. ³³ Then the tribune came up and seized him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. "Who is he?" he began asking, "and what has he done?" ³⁴ Some among the crowd kept shouting one thing, some another; and when the tribune could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered Paul into the barracks. ³⁵ When was going up the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the mob, ³⁶ for the whole mass of the people were following him, shouting, "Away with him!"