"When the seven days were almost over" "The seven days between the notification and the actual acts of purification. Acts 24:18 suggests he was actually in the process of offering the sacrifices. We may suppose that the whole week has passed without incident, and that it seemed for. time that the plan of the elders would succeed" (Reese p. 800). "The Jews from Asia" These Jews were probably from Ephesus, for they recognized both Paul and Trophimus. Christian from Ephesus (Acts 21:29). "Doubtless some of these same Jews had been the moving force behind the plots that Paul had to face during his Ephesian ministry (Acts 20:19; Acts 19:39)" (Reese p. 800). "Upon seeing him in the temple" Paul had preached for an extended period of time in Ephesus, so he was well known to the Jews in Asia (Acts 19:10). "Began to stir up all the multitude and laid hands on him" They immediately grab Paul incite the people in the temple area against him.

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