Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

Peter and John were on their way up to the temple for the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon,

when a man lame from birth was carried past, who used to be laid every day at what was called the 'Beautiful Gate' of the temple, to ask alms from those who entered the temple.

When he noticed that Peter and John meant to go into the temple, he asked them for alms.

he leapt to his feet, started to walk, and accompanied them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.

While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees,

"Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life."

With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men.

On hearing this the commander of the temple and the high priests were quite at a loss to know what to make of it.

However, someone came and reported to them, "Here are the very men you put in prison, standing in the temple and teaching the people!"

not for a single day did they cease to teach and preach the gospel of Jesus the Christ in the temple and at home.

Indeed the priest of the temple of Zeus in front of the town brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to offer sacrifice along with the crowds.

Now the danger is not only that we will have our trade discredited but that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will fall into contempt and that she will be degraded from her majestic glory, she whom all Asia and the wide world worship."

The secretary of state then got the mob calmed down, and said to them, "Men of Ephesus, who on earth does not know that the city of Ephesus is Warden of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell from heaven?

Then Paul associated himself with the men next day; he had himself purified along with them and went into the temple to give notice of the time when the days of purification would be completed ??the time, that is to say, when the sacrifice could be offered for each one of them.

The seven days were almost over when the Asiatic Jews, catching sight of him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

shouting, "To the rescue, men of Israel! Here is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against the People and the Law and this Place! And he has actually brought Greeks inside the temple and defiled this holy Place!"

(They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian along with him in the city, and they supposed Paul had taken him inside the temple.)

The whole city was thrown into turmoil. The people rushed together, seized Paul and dragged him outside the temple; whereupon the doors were immediately shut.

When I returned to Jerusalem, it happened that while I was praying in the temple I fell into a trance

He actually tried to desecrate the temple, but we got hold of him.

They never found me arguing with anyone in the temple or causing a riot either in the synagogues or in the city;

and it was in presenting these that I was found within the temple. I was ceremonially pure, I was not mixed up in any mob or riot; no, the trouble was caused by some Jews from Asia,

Paul's defence was, "I have committed no offence against the Law of the Jews, against the temple, or against Caesar."

This is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to assassinate me.