30 And all the city πόλις polis G4172 was moved G2795 , and the people λαοῦ, laou G2992 ran together ; and they laid hold ἐπιλαβόμενοι epilabomenoi G1949 on Paul Παύλου Paulou G3972 , and dragged him out of the temple : and straightway the doors θύραι. thurai G2374 were shut ἐκλείσθησαν ekleisthēsan G2808 . 31 And as they were seeking ζητούντων zētountōn G2212 to kill ἀποκτεῖναι apokteinai G615 him , tidings came G305 up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem Ἰερουσαλήμ· Ierousalēm G2419 was in confusion . 32 And forthwith he took G3880 soldiers στρατιώτας stratiōtas G4757 and centurions ἑκατοντάρχας hekatontarchas G1543 , and ran down upon them : and they , when they saw G3708 the chief captain and the soldiers στρατιώτας stratiōtas G4757 , left off beating τύπτοντες tuptontes G5180 Paul Παῦλον. Paulon G3972 . 33 Then the chief captain came near , and laid hold ἐπελάβετο epelabeto G1949 on him , and commanded ἐκέλευσεν ekeleusen G2753 him to be G1510 bound G1210 with two δυσὶν dusin G1417 chains ἁλύσεσιν halusesin G254 ; and inquired G4441 who he was G1510 , and what he had done . 34 And some shouted one τι ti G5100 thing , some another , among the crowd ὄχλῳ. ochlō G3793 : and when he could not know γνῶναι gnōnai G1097 the certainty for the uproar θόρυβον thorubon G2351 , he commanded G2753 him to be brought G71 into the castle. 35 And when ὅτε hote G3753 he came G1096 upon the stairs ἀναβαθμούς, anabathmous G304 , so it was that he was borne G941 of the soldiers στρατιωτῶν stratiōtōn G4757 for the violence βίαν bian G970 of the crowd ὄχλου· ochlou G3793 ; 36 for the multitude πλῆθος plēthos G4128 of the people λαοῦ laou G2992 followed ἠκολούθει ēkolouthei G190 after , crying κράζοντες· krazontes G2896 out , Away αἶρε aire G142 with him . 37 And as Paul Παῦλος Paulos G3972 was about to be brought G1521 into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say λέγει legei G3004 something τι ti G5100 unto thee? And he said G3004 , Dost thou know γινώσκεις; ginōskeis G1097 Greek ἑλληνιστὶ hellēnisti G1676 ? 38 Art thou not then the Egyptian Αἰγύπτιος Aiguptios G124 , who before these days ἡμερῶν hēmerōn G2250 stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness ἔρημον erēmon G2048 the four τετρακισχιλίους tetrakischilious G5070 thousand G5070 men G435 of the Assassins ? 40 And when he had given him leave, Paul Παῦλος Paulos G3972 , standing G2476 on the stairs ἀναβαθμῶν anabathmōn G304 , beckoned with the hand χειρὶ cheiri G5495 unto the people λαῷ, laō G2992 ; and when there was made a great πολλῆς pollēs G4183 silence σιγῆς sigēs G4602 , he spake unto them in the Hebrew Ἑβραΐδι Hebraidi G1446 language διαλέκτῳ dialektō G1258 , saying λέγων·¶ legōn G3004 , Read all of Acts 21 ← Acts 20 Acts 22 → American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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