Paul Arrested
Acts 21:27-36
Understanding Series
by David J. Williams

Though 21:18 sees the last of the “we passages” for the time being, the remainder of this chapter down to verse 29 may well be drawn from that source. But in verses 30 and following, Ehrhardt believes that he can discern a different style and, therefore, a different source. He thinks it unlikely that it came from any Jerusalem Christian. Probably, then, Luke “drew on notes of another member of the Pauline circle, mentioned in Acts 20:4, who was present in the temple at the time of the catastrophe [here to be described].… Now the only one who was qualified to be there among those mentioned in Acts 20:4 was Timothy, and thus we conclude that Acts 21:30–40 may have come from his pen” (Acts, p. 109). However, the accuracy of Luke’s topographical knowledge has suggested to Hengel that Luke “wa…

Baker Publishing Group, Understanding the Bible Commentary Series, by David J. Williams