Acts 21
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Acts 21:30-40

30ThenG2532 allG3650 the cityG4172 was provokedG2795, and 1the peopleG2992 rushedG4890 togetherG4890, and takingG1949 holdG1949 of PaulG3972 they 2draggedG1670 him out of the templeG2413, and immediatelyG2112 the doorsG2374 were shutG2808. 31While they were seekingG2212 to killG615 him, a reportG5334 cameG305 up to the 3commanderG5506 of the 4Roman 5cohortG4686 that allG3650 JerusalemG2419 was in confusionG4797. 32At onceG1824 he 6tookG3880 alongG3880 some soldiersG4757 and centurionsG1543 and ranG2701 downG2701 to them; and when they sawG3708 the 7commanderG5506 and the soldiersG4757, they stoppedG3973 beatingG5180 PaulG3972. 33ThenG5119 the 8commanderG5506 cameG1448 up and tookG1949 holdG1949 of him, and orderedG2753 him to be 9boundG1210 with 10twoG1417 chainsG254; and he began askingG4441 whoG5101 he was and whatG5101 he had doneG4160. 34But amongG1722 the crowdG3793 11someG243 were shoutingG2019 one thing and someG243 anotherG243, and when he couldG1410 not findG1097 out the 12factsG804 becauseG1223 of the uproarG2351, he orderedG2753 him to be broughtG71 into 13the barracksG3925. 35WhenG3753 he gotG1096 to 14the stairsG304, he was carriedG941 by the soldiersG4757 becauseG1223 of the violenceG970 of the 15mobG3793; 36for the multitudeG4128 of the peopleG2992 kept followingG190 them, shoutingG2896, “16AwayG142 with him!”

37As PaulG3972 was aboutG3195 to be broughtG1521 into 17the barracksG3925, he saidG3004 to the 18commanderG5506, “MayG1832 I sayG3004 somethingG5100 to you?” And he saidG5346, “Do you knowG1097 GreekG1676? 38ThenG686 you are not 19the EgyptianG124 who someG3778 20timeG2250 agoG4253 stirredG387 up a revoltG387 and ledG1806 the fourG5070 thousandG5070 menG435 of the AssassinsG4607 out 21into the wildernessG2048?” 39But PaulG3972 saidG3004, “22I amG1510 a JewG2453 of TarsusG5018 in 23CiliciaG2791, a citizenG4177 of noG3756 insignificantG767 cityG4172; and I begG1189 you, allowG2010 me to speakG2980 to the peopleG2992.” 40When he had givenG2010 him permissionG2010, PaulG3972, standingG2476 on 24the stairsG304, 25motionedG2678 to the peopleG2992 with his handG5495; and when there 26was a greatG4183 hushG4602, he spokeG4377 to them in the 2728HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, sayingG3004,

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 21:30 Lit a running together of the people occurred ↩
  2. 2. Acts 21:30 2 Kin 11:15; Acts 16:19; 26:21 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 21:31 I.e. chiliarch, in command of one thousand troops ↩
  4. 4. Acts 21:31 Acts 10:1 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 21:31 Or battalion ↩
  6. 6. Acts 21:32 Acts 23:27 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 21:32 V 31, note 1 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 21:33 V 31, note 1 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 21:33 Acts 20:23; 21:11; 22:29; 26:29; 28:20; Eph 6:20; 2 Tim 1:16; 2:9 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 21:33 Acts 12:6 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 21:34 Acts 19:32 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 21:34 Lit certainty ↩
  13. 13. Acts 21:34 Acts 21:37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 21:35 Acts 21:40 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 21:35 Lit crowd ↩
  16. 16. Acts 21:36 Luke 23:18; John 19:15; Acts 22:22 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 21:37 Acts 21:34; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32 ↩
  18. 18. Acts 21:37 V 31, note 1 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 21:38 Acts 5:36 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 21:38 Lit days ↩
  21. 21. Acts 21:38 Matt 24:26 ↩
  22. 22. Acts 21:39 Acts 9:11; 22:3 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 21:39 Acts 6:9 ↩
  24. 24. Acts 21:40 Acts 21:35 ↩
  25. 25. Acts 21:40 Acts 12:17 ↩
  26. 26. Acts 21:40 Lit occurred ↩
  27. 27. Acts 21:40 I.e. Jewish Aramaic ↩
  28. 28. Acts 21:40 John 5:2; Acts 1:19; 22:2; 26:14 ↩

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