Acts 21
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Acts 21:31-40

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; 36for the multitudeG4128 of peopleG2992 kept followingG190 them, shoutingG2896, “13AwayG142 with him!”

37As PaulG3972 wasG3195 aboutG3195 toG3195 be broughtG1521 into 14the barracksG3925, he saidG3004 to the commanderG5506, “MayG1832 I sayG3004 somethingG5100 to you?” And he saidG5346, “Do you knowG1097 GreekG1676? 38ThenG686 you are not 15the EgyptianG124 who someG3778 16timeG2250 agoG4253 stirredG387 upG387 aG387 revoltG387 and ledG1806 the fourG5070 thousandG5070 menG435 of the AssassinsG4607 out 17into the wildernessG2048?” 39But PaulG3972 saidG3004, “18I amG1510 a JewG2453 ofG5018 TarsusG5018 in 19CiliciaG2791, 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 20the stairsG304, 21motionedG2678 to the peopleG2992 with his handG5495; and when there 22was a greatG4183 silenceG4602, he spokeG4377 toG4377 them in the 2324HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, sayingG3004,

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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 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 21:36 Luke 23:18; John 19:15; Acts 22:22 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 21:37 Acts 21:34; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 21:38 Acts 5:36 ↩
  16. 16. Acts 21:38 Lit days ↩
  17. 17. Acts 21:38 Matt 24:26 ↩
  18. 18. Acts 21:39 Acts 9:11; 22:3 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 21:39 Acts 6:9 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 21:40 Acts 21:35 ↩
  21. 21. Acts 21:40 Acts 12:17 ↩
  22. 22. Acts 21:40 Lit occurred ↩
  23. 23. Acts 21:40 I.e., Jewish Aramaic ↩
  24. 24. Acts 21:40 John 5:2; Acts 1:19; 22:2; 26:14 ↩

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