Acts 21:31

Acts 21:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
• New International Version (NIV)While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now as they were seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

Context of Acts 21:31

29(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 30And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32Who 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. 33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

Acts 21:31 word by word

ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ·Read the interlinear

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• as they went aboutζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• to killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• tidingsφάσιςphasis · newsG5334
• came untoἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• the chief captainὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the chief captainχιλίαρχοςchiliarchos · military officerG5506
• of the bandσπεῖραspeira · bandG4686
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• was in an uproarσυγχέωsugcheō · to confoundG4797

Cross-references for Acts 21:31

• Acts 22:22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
• Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
• Acts 23:17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
• Acts 24:7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
• Acts 25:23And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.
• John 18:12Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
• Acts 21:38Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
• Acts 17:5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
• Acts 19:40For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
• 1 Kings 1:41And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
• Matthew 26:5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
• Mark 14:2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Commentaries on Acts 21:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31The chief captain of the band - The Roman tribune, who had a troop of soldiers under him, which lodged in general in the castle of Antonia, which was built at the angle where the northern and western porticoes of the outer court of the temple were joined together. This castle was built by John Hyrcanus, high priest of the Jews: it was at first called Baris, and was the royal residence of the Asmoneans, as long as they reigned in Jerusalem. It was…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31And as they went about to kill him - Greek: they seeking to kill him. This was evidently done in a popular tumult, as had been done in the case of Stephen, Matthew 27:65-66; John 18:12; Acts 5:26. The word translated “chief captain” denotes properly “one who commanded 1,000 men.” The band ͂ speirawas the tenth part of a legion, and consisted sometimes of four hundred and twenty-five soldiers, at others of five hundred, and at others of six hundred…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. 31commander: Or tribune, a Roman officer who commanded 1,000 men.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. tidings came--literally, "went up," that is, to the fortress of Antonia, where the commandant resided. See on Ac 21:32. This part of the narrative is particularly graphic.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