Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.

With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

“Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life.”

Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this.

But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”

And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.”

After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purifying himself along with them, went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

crying out, “Men of Israel, come to our aid! This is the man who preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

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

Then all the city was provoked, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

“It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance,

And he even tried to desecrate the temple; and then we arrested him. [We wanted to judge him according to our own Law.

Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city itself did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing a riot.

in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been purified, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from Asia—

while Paul said in his own defense, “I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

For this reason some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to put me to death.