Acts 21:28
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.
Cross-references
Acts 21:21 contains the earlier report that Paul teaches Jews to forsake Moses — the same accusation repeated in 21:28.
Acts 6:13 shows false witnesses accusing Stephen of speaking against the temple and law — the same pattern of false accusation against Paul.
Acts 19:26-28 records a similar accusation of undermining religious practices, causing a riot in Ephesus.
Acts 24:5 echoes the charge here that Paul stirs up riots and leads the Nazarene sect, formalizing the accusation.
Acts 24:6 directly repeats the claim from here that Paul tried to profane the temple, as part of the legal indictment.
Acts 24:18 records Paul's own claim that he was purified in the temple, directly contradicting the accusation of defilement in 21:28.
Acts 26:21 confirms that the Jews seized Paul in the temple because of this accusation — the same event from Paul's perspective.
Acts 6:11 records a similar false accusation against Stephen — speaking against Moses and God — mirroring the charge here against Paul.
Acts 17:6 shows a similar mob accusation against Paul — 'these men who have turned the world upside down' — mirroring the false charges here.
Acts 18:13 records a similar charge against Paul — persuading people to worship God contrary to the law — echoing the accusation here.
Acts 26:17 records God's promise to rescue Paul from the Jewish people — the very hostility he now faces from the Jewish mob.
Acts 26:20 describes Paul's actual message of repentance to Jews and Gentiles, countering the charge that he teaches against the people and law.
Acts 6:14 adds that Stephen was said to predict Jesus would destroy the temple — similar to but distinct from Paul's accusation of teaching against the place.
In Philippians 1:12, Paul says his hardships advance the gospel — the same perspective he brings to this arrest and its eventual outcome.
Galatians 5:11 reveals Paul's persecution stems from not preaching circumcision — the same hostility against his law-free gospel evident in the temple accusation.
In 2 Corinthians 11:26, Paul lists dangers from fellow Jews — the very threat now confronting him in the temple here.
In Romans 10:2, Paul describes his fellow Jews as having zeal without knowledge — exactly the misguided zeal driving the accusation here.
Matthew 27:23 shows the crowd shouting against Jesus despite Pilate finding no evil—parallel to the crowd shouting accusation against Paul, both innocent.
Matthew 5:17 shows Jesus affirming the Law—contrasts with the accusation that Paul teaches against the Law. Highlights the false charge.