Paul had gone to the temple for the Jewish purification ceremony Acts But some agitators who thought he had been teaching against the Law sought to take his life v Roman soldiers quickly got involved and arrested Paul bound him and carried him from the temple area mdash with the mob shouting ldquo Get rid of him rdquo v How did the apostle react to this threat He asked the troops rsquo commander if he could ldquo speak to the people rdquo v When the Roman leader granted permission Paul bleeding and bruised turned to the angry crowd and shared
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