⁵⁷ And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,

⁴ Their poison `is' as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

¹³ Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

¹¹ And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

⁵⁴ And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

²⁷ And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,

²⁸ crying out, `Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;'

²⁹ for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.

³⁰ All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut,

³¹ and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,

²⁷ This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them -- having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;