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

29For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the Temple. 30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the Temple, and the gates were shut at once. As they were trying to kill him, news came to the commander of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in chaos. 32Immediately he took soldiers and centurions and rushed down to them. Upon seeing the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33Then the commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and began investigating 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 22:22Up to this statement they listened to him. Then they raised their voices, saying, “Away from the earth with this fellow! For he’s not fit to live!”
• Acts 26:9“In fact, I myself thought it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Yeshua ha-Natzrati.
• John 16:2They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Messiah? I am more so—I speak like I’m out of my mind—in labors much more, in prisons much more, in beatings more brutal, near death often.
• Acts 23:17Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has a message for him.”
• Acts 25:23So on the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pageantry. They entered the audience hall with the commanders and the most prominent men of the city. Then at the order of Festus, Paul was brought in.
• John 18:12Then the band of soldiers, with the captain and the officers of the Judeans, seized Yeshua and tied Him up.
• Acts 21:38Then you’re not the Egyptian who stirred up a rebellion some time ago—and led four thousand men of the Assassins out into the desert?”
• Acts 17:5But some of the Jewish people became jealous. Taking some wicked fellows of the marketplace and gathering a crowd, they stirred the city into an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to bring Paul and Silas out to the mob.
• Acts 19:40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, there being no reason which we are able to give to justify this mob.” Upon saying this, he dismissed the assembly.
• 1 Kings 1:41Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it, just as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the shofar, he said: “Why is the city in an uproar?”
• Matthew 26:5“But not during the festival,” they were saying, “so there won’t be a riot among the people.”
• Mark 14:2“But not during the festival,” they were saying, “so there won’t be a riot among 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