for we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will tear this place down, and change the customs which Moses handed down to us."

But the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, when they heard it, tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd,

to serve the Lord with all humility and in tears, through the trials that befell me because of the plots of the Jews.

So ever be on your guard and always remember that for three years, night and day, I never ceased warning you one by one, and that with tears.

When we had torn ourselves away from them, we struck a bee line for Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

Since the dispute kept growing hotter and hotter, the colonel became alarmed that Paul might be torn in pieces by them, and so ordered the army to march down and take him out of their hands and bring him back to the barracks.