Acts 21:27 - Exposition

Completed for ended, A.V.; from for which were of, A.V.; multitude for people, A.V. The seven days ; showing clearly that some customary term of preparation for the offerings and shaving of the head is meant. This shows also that "the days" in the preceding verse meant the "seven days" of preparation rather than "the days" of the whole Nazaritic vow. The Jews from Asia ; come up for Pentecost. How hostile the Asiatic Jews were appears from Acts 19:9 . When they saw him in the temple , whither he had come to complete the seven days of preparation. It was apparently the fifth day (see Acts 24:11 , note). How often the best meant attempts at conciliation fail through the uncharitable suspicions of a man's opponents! The temple. It must be remembered throughout that it is τὸ ἱερόν that is spoken of, which embraces the temple courts, not the ναός , or house (see Acts 3:2 , note). Stirred up . συγχέω is found only here in the New Testament. Properly "to confuse," like the kindred συγχύνω ( Acts 2:6 ; Acts 19:32 ; Acts 21:31 ); and σύγχυσις , confusion ( Acts 19:29 ); hence "to stir up." It is of frequent use in medical writers (Hobart, 79.).