Acts 21:31-35

31As they were trying to kill him, word reached the commander of the Roman regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

32He 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.

33Then the commander arrested him and ordered him bound with two chains. He asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.

34Some shouted one thing and some another. Since he couldn’t find out the truth in all the uproar and confusion, he ordered that Paul be taken to the fortress.

35As Paul reached the stairs, the mob grew so violent the soldiers had to lift him to their shoulders to protect him.