King James Version
Acts 21:30 in the King James Version says “And all the city was moved, and the people ran together : and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthw...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And all the city was moved, and the people ran together : and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.”
Acts 21:30 · KJV
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together : and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“all”
G3650"whole" or "all", i.e., complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“ran together”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“they took”
G1949to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively)
“Paul”
G3972(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“the temple”
G2411a sacred place, i.e., the entire precincts (whereas g3485 denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the temple (at jerusalem or elsewhere)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the doors”
G2374a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)
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