Acts 21
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Acts 21:31-35

31While they were intentG2212 on killingG615 him, a reportG5334 cameG305 upG305 to the commanderG5506 of the 1Roman 2cohortG4686 that allG3650 JerusalemG2419 wasG4797 inG4797 confusionG4797.

32He immediatelyG1824 3tookG3880 alongG3880 some soldiersG4757 and centurionsG1543 and ranG2701 downG2701 to 4the crowd; and when they sawG3708 the commanderG5506 and the soldiersG4757, they stoppedG3973 beatingG5180 PaulG3972.

33ThenG5119 the commanderG5506 cameG1448 upG1448 and tookG1949 holdG1949 of him, and orderedG2753 that he be 5boundG1210 with 6twoG1417 chainsG254; and he began askingG4441 whoG5101 he was and whatG5101 he had doneG4160.

34But amongG1722 the crowdG3793, 7someG243 were shoutingG2019 one thing and someG243 anotherG243, and when he couldG1410 not findG1097 outG1097 the 8factsG804 becauseG1223 of the uproarG2351, he orderedG2753 that 9Paul be broughtG71 into 10the barracksG3925.

35WhenG3753 Paul gotG1096 to 11the stairsG304, it cameG4819 aboutG4819 that he was carriedG941 by the soldiersG4757 becauseG1223 of the violenceG970 of the 12mobG3793;

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 21:31 Acts 10:1 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 21:31 Normally 600 men (the number varied) ↩
  3. 3. Acts 21:32 Acts 23:27 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 21:32 Lit them ↩
  5. 5. Acts 21:33 Acts 20:23; 21:11; 22:29; 26:29; 28:20; Eph 6:20; 2 Tim 1:16; 2:9 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 21:33 Acts 12:6 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 21:34 Acts 19:32 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 21:34 Lit certainty ↩
  9. 9. Acts 21:34 Lit he ↩
  10. 10. Acts 21:34 Acts 21:37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 21:35 Acts 21:40 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 21:35 Lit crowd ↩

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