Acts 24:18 Cross References - Moffatt

¹⁸ 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,

²⁶ 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. ²⁷ 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, ²⁸ 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!" ²⁹ (They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian along with him in the city, and they supposed Paul had taken him inside the temple.) ³⁰ 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.

¹² They never found me arguing with anyone in the temple or causing a riot either in the synagogues or in the city;

²¹ This is why the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to assassinate me.