What happensPermalink
Paul arrives in Jerusalem via Caesarea, where Agabus prophesies he will be imprisoned there. Paul relates his ministry to the elders at Jerusalem. Paul participates in a Nazirite rite. He is beaten by a crowd almost to death, then saved but arrested by the local Roman military.
Why it mattersPermalink
Agabus previously prophesied a famine. Paul already knew that he would be imprisoned in Jerusalem, but he persisted despite his friends’ entreaties. The Nazirite ritual showed that Paul did not insist on Jewish ceremonial law, but did not oppose it either.
Key versePermalink
Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.