²⁵ As for the gentiles who have become believers, we have sent a letter with our decision that they should keep away from food that has been sacrificed to idols, from blood,^[a] from anything strangled,^[b] and from sexual immorality.”

Paul is Arrested in the Temple

²⁶ Then Paul took those men and the next day purified himself with them. Then he went into the Temple to announce the time when their days of purification would end and when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them. ²⁷ When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, seeing Paul^[c] in the Temple, stirred up a large crowd. They grabbed Paul,^[d]