26. The next day Paul took the four men with him and got himself ready at the same time they did. Then he went into the temple and told when the final ceremony would take place and when an offering would be made for each of them.
27. When the period of seven days for the ceremony was almost over, some of the Jewish people from Asia saw Paul in the temple. They got a large crowd together and started attacking him.
28. They were shouting, “Friends, help us! This man goes around everywhere, saying bad things about our nation and about the Law of Moses and about this temple. He has even brought shame to this holy temple by bringing in Gentiles.”
29. Some of them thought that Paul had brought Trophimus from Ephesus into the temple, because they had seen them together in the city.
30. The whole city was in an uproar, and the people turned into a mob. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Then suddenly the doors were shut.
31. The people were about to kill Paul when the Roman army commander heard that all Jerusalem was starting to riot.
32. So he quickly took some soldiers and officers and ran to where the crowd had gathered.As soon as the mob saw the commander and soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.