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Acts 21:31

Jerusalem

29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

30 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

32 Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

33 The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

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BSB
While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
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.
WEB
As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
ASV
And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
DARBY
And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;
BLB
And [in] their seeking to kill him, a report came to the commander of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar,
ÅB
Mens de nå holdt på og ville slå ham ihjel, gikk det melding opp til den øverste høvedsmann for vakten om at hele Jerusalem var i et røre.
OTB
Mens de forsøkte å drepe ham, nådde ordet kommandanten for den romerske kohorten at hele Jerusalem var i forvirring.
B1930
Mens de nu holdt på og vilde slå ham ihjel, gikk det melding op til den øverste høvedsmann for vakten om at hele Jerusalem var i et røre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 11:23–33

    Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

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  • Acts 26:9–10

    So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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  • Acts 17:5

    The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

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  • Acts 25:23

    The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.

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  • Acts 23:17

    Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

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  • 1 Kings 1:41

    Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

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  • Acts 24:22

    Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”

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  • Mark 14:2

    “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

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