Acts 21:32

Acts 21:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
• New International Version (NIV)He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Context of Acts 21:32

30Then the whole city was provoked and confused, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were closed. 31Now while they were trying to kill him, word came to the commander of the [Roman] garrison that all Jerusalem was in a state of upheaval. So he immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down among them. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33Then the commander came up and arrested Paul, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34But some in the crowd were shouting one thing and others something else; and since he could not determine the facts because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken to the barracks [in the tower of Antonia].

Acts 21:32 word by word

ὃς ἐξαυτῆς παραλαβὼν στρατιώτας καὶ ἑκατοντάρχας κατέδραμεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς. οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες τὸν χιλίαρχον καὶ τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐπαύσαντο τύπτοντες τὸν Παῦλον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• immediatelyἐξαυτῆςexautēs · immediatelyG1824
• tookπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• soldiersστρατιώτηςstratiōtēs · soldierG4757
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• centurionsἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchēs hekatontarchos · centurionG1543
• and ran downκατατρέχωkatatrechō · to rush downG2701
• untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andδέde · thenG1161
• when they sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• the chief captainχιλίαρχοςchiliarchos · military officerG5506
• they leftπαύωpauō · to ceaseG3973
• beatingτύπτωtuptō · to strikeG5180
• of PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972

Cross-references for Acts 21:32

• Acts 23:23Then summoning two of the centurions, he said, “Have two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night (9:00 p.m.) to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen;
• Acts 23:27This man was seized [as a prisoner] by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon him with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
• Acts 24:7but Lysias the commander came, and with great force took him out of our hands,
• Acts 5:40The Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) took his advice; and after summoning the apostles, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
• Acts 18:17Then the Greeks all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him right in front of the judgment seat; but Gallio paid no attention to any of this.
• Acts 22:19And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know [without any doubt] that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You [and Your message of salvation].
• Isaiah 3:15What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?” Declares the Lord God of hosts.

Commentaries on Acts 21:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Ran down unto them - Ran down the stairs to the porticoes mentioned above.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Centurions - Captains of 100 men.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-40Verses 27-40 In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently set upon. They falsely charged him with ill doctrine and ill practice against the Mosaic ceremonies. It is no new thing for those who mean honestly and act regularly, to have things laid to their charge which they know not and never thought of. It is common for the wise and good to have that charged against them by malicious people, with which they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-36The concerns of the Christian leaders were well-founded (21:20–25). When Paul and the other men had almost completed their vow, some Jews from Asia falsely accused Paul and raised a mob against him. They intended to kill Paul, but the Roman commander rescued him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. the chief captain--"the chiliarch," or tribune of the Roman cohort, whose full number was one thousand men.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 21:32

• Armies
• Centurion
• Claudius Lysius
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Prisoners
• Scourging
• Soldiers

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Commentaries on Acts 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings