New International Version
Acts 21:32
32He 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He immediately called out his soldiers and officers and ran down among the crowd. When the mob saw the commander and the troops coming, they stopped beating Paul.
Context of Acts 21:32
30The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 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. 33The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.
Read all of Acts 21Acts 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- immediatelyἐξαυτῆςexautēs · immediatelyG1824
- tookπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
- soldiersστρατιώτηςstratiōtēs · soldierG4757
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- centurionsἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchēs hekatontarchos · centurionG1543
- and ran downκατατρέχωkatatrechō · to rush downG2701
- untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- andδέde · thenG1161
- when they sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- the chief captainχιλίαρχοςchiliarchos · military officerG5506
- they leftπαύωpauō · to ceaseG3973
- beatingτύπτωtuptō · to strikeG5180
- of PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
Cross-references for Acts 21:32
- Acts 23:23Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.
- Acts 23:27This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I came with my troops and rescued him, for I had learned that he is a Roman citizen.
- Acts 5:40His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 18:17Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.
- Acts 22:19“ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.
- Isaiah 3:15What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
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
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