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Acts 21:32

Paul

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.

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

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.

34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
Immediately he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.
ASV
And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.
DARBY
who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.
BLB
who at once, having taken with [him] soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. And having seen the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
ÅB
Han tok da straks krigsfolk og høvedsmenn og skyndte seg ned til dem; men da de så den øverste høvedsmann og krigsfolket, holdt de opp med å slå Paulus.
OTB
Han tok straks soldater og centurioner og løp ned til folkemengden. Da de så kommandanten og soldatene, sluttet de å slå Paulus.
B1930
Han tok da straks krigsfolk og høvedsmenn og skyndte sig ned til dem; men da de så den øverste høvedsmann og krigsfolket, holdt de op med å slå Paulus.

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Cross references

  • Acts 23:27

    This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,

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  • Acts 5:40

    At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

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  • Isaiah 3:15

    Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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  • Acts 22:19

    ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.

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  • Acts 24:6

    and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

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  • Acts 18:17

    At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.

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  • Acts 23:23–24

    Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

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