Acts 21
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Acts 21:31-37

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

37As PaulG3972 was aboutG3195 to be broughtG1521 into 15the barracksG3925, he saidG3004 to the 16commanderG5506, “MayG1832 I sayG3004 somethingG5100 to you?” And he saidG5346, “Do you knowG1097 GreekG1676?

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 21:31 I.e. chiliarch, in command of one thousand troops ↩
  2. 2. Acts 21:31 Acts 10:1 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 21:31 Or battalion ↩
  4. 4. Acts 21:32 Acts 23:27 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 21:32 V 31, note 1 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 21:33 V 31, note 1 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 21:33 Acts 20:23; 21:11; 22:29; 26:29; 28:20; Eph 6:20; 2 Tim 1:16; 2:9 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 21:33 Acts 12:6 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 21:34 Acts 19:32 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 21:34 Lit certainty ↩
  11. 11. Acts 21:34 Acts 21:37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 21:35 Acts 21:40 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 21:35 Lit crowd ↩
  14. 14. Acts 21:36 Luke 23:18; John 19:15; Acts 22:22 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 21:37 Acts 21:34; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32 ↩
  16. 16. Acts 21:37 V 31, note 1 ↩

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