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Acts 21:32

Paul

30 And 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.

31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

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.

33 Then 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.

34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

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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 taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

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  • Acts 5:40

    And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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  • Isaiah 3:15

    What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

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  • Acts 22:19

    And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

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  • Acts 24:6

    Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

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  • Acts 18:17

    Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

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  • Acts 23:23–24

    And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

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