United in purpose, they went to the Temple every day, ate at each other's homes, and shared their food with glad and humble hearts.

One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the Temple for the three o'clock prayer time.

Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the Temple.

When he saw that Peter and John were about to go into the Temple, he asked them to give him something.

and at once he leaped to his feet and started walking; then he went into the temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.

And all the people [there in the Temple area] saw him walking and [heard him] praising God.

and recognized him as the very man who used to sit at The Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg, they were completely astounded and bewildered at what occurred to him.

And as this [former] crippled man stayed close beside Peter and John, all the people rushed toward them at "Solomon's Portico" [Note: This was a large covered area, with rows of columns, on the side of the Temple enclosure], completely astonished [at what had happened].

While they were talking to the people, the high priests, the military commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came down upon them,

At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders (attesting miracles) were continually taking place among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in [the covered porch called] Solomon’s portico.

"Go and take your stand in the temple square and continue to tell the people the message of this new life."

So they obeyed, and about the break of day they went into the temple square and began to teach. The high priest and his party arrived and called a meeting of the council and the whole senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have the men brought in.

When the Temple police got there, they did not find them in the prison. They came back and reported,

When the military commander of the temple square and the high priest heard this, they were utterly at a loss to know how this might turn out.

But somebody came by and reported to them, "The men that you put in jail are standing right here in the temple square, teaching the people."

So the commander of the Temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.

and not for a single day did they stop teaching in the temple square and in private houses the good news of Jesus the Christ.

They had arranged for the false witnesses to say, "This man will not stop speaking against the Temple and the law of Moses,

for we [ourselves] heard him saying that this Jesus from Nazareth would destroy the Temple and change the customs handed down to us by Moses."

You also took along the tabernacle (portable temple) of Moloch and the star of the god Rompha, the images which you made to worship; and I will remove you beyond Babylon [carrying you away into exile].’

it was Solomon however that built him a temple.

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

The priest of the temple of Zeus, which stood at the entrance to the town, came with crowds of people to the gates, bringing bulls and garlands; he meant to offer sacrifices to them.

After these things [have transpired], I will return [to my people] and will rebuild the Tabernacle [i.e., the Temple] of David, which has been destroyed. I will rebuild it from its ruins and reestablish it,

The God who made the world and all that it contains, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by human hands,

For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, who made silver temples of Diana, and afforded his artisans no small gain,

He called a meeting of his men and others involved in the same work and said to them, "Fellows, you know that we have made a good living from this work [of making temple replicas].

Now the danger facing us is, not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into contempt and that she whom all Asia and all the world now worship will soon be dethroned from her majestic glory!"

At last the city recorder quieted the mob and said: "Men of Ephesus, who in the world does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell down from heaven?

'For ye brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor speaking evil of your goddess;

take these men and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses [for the temple offerings] so that they may shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing to the things they have been told about you, but that you yourself also follow and keep the Law.

Then Paul took the men along with him and on the next day went into the temple with them, purified, and announced the time when the purification would be completed, when the sacrifice for each one of them could be offered.

As the seven days were drawing to a close, the Jews from Asia caught a glimpse of him in the temple and began to stir up all the crowd, and seized him,

as they kept shouting, "Men of Israel, help! help! This is the man who teaches everybody everywhere against our people and the law and this place; yea, more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and desecrated this sacred place."

For they had previously seen Trophimus of Ephesus in the city with him, and so they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

The whole city was stirred with excitement, and all at once the people rushed together, and seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and its gates at once were shut.

After I had come back to Jerusalem, one day while I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance,

once he tried to desecrate the temple, but we arrested him,

and they have never found me debating with anybody in the temple nor making a disturbance in the synagogues or about the city,

Now after many years absence I was returned bringing alms to my countrymen, and oblations [to the temple].

While I was performing these duties they found me just as I had completed the rites of my purification in the temple; however, there was no crowd with me and no disturbance at all.

Paul continued to maintain, in his defense, "I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or temple or against the emperor."

For these very things the Jews arrested me in the temple and kept on trying to kill me.