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 the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. 31While they were intent on killing him, a report came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. He immediately took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done. 34But among the crowd, some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.

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

• He immediatelyἐξαυτῆςexautēs · immediatelyG1824
• tookπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• soldiersστρατιώτηςstratiōtēs · soldierG4757
• and centurionsἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchēs hekatontarchos · centurionG1543
• and ranκατατρέχωkatatrechō · to rush downG2701
• the crowd; and when they sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• the commanderχιλίαρχοςchiliarchos · military officerG5506
• they stoppedπαύωpauō · to ceaseG3973
• beatingτύπτωtuptō · to strikeG5180
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972

Cross-references for Acts 21:32

• Acts 23:23And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen.”
• Acts 23:27When this man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, after learning that he was a Roman.
• Acts 5:40They followed his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them.
• Acts 18:17But they all took hold of Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. And yet Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.
• Acts 22:19And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.
• Isaiah 3:15What do you mean by crushing My people And oppressing the face of the poor?” Declares the Lord God of armies.

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

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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