Song # 1610.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. In the Book of Acts we read in chapter 21 that Paul was arrested and dragged out of the temple.
Some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him (Acts 21:27), shouting “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple area and defiled this holy place” (Acts 21:28). They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple area (Acts 21:29). The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut (Acts 21:30). While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar (Acts 21:31). He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul (Acts 21:32). The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done (Acts 21:33). Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks (Acts 21:34). When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers (Acts 21:35).
Thought for today: when you follow Jesus, you’re on the righteous path.
Thought for tomorrow: thank God for what you have, trust God for what you need. Where will you spend your eternity?