<p>21:27 <i>And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd</i>- Paul had only recently arrived from Asia; it could be that a group of Jews followed him not only from city to city in his missionary work, but had even followed him to Jerusalem. This was the extent of Jewish opposition against his ministry to them.</p><p><em>And laid hands on him</em>- God has recorded Paul's life in Acts in such a way as to show the similarities between him and Christ; thus the Spirit records that men &quot;laid hands on&quot; Paul, just as it does concerning the Lord Jesus (Mt. 26:50).</p>