Acts 21:33
31 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.
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.
35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.
- ASV
- Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.
- DARBY
- Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.
- BLB
- Then having drawn near, the commander laid hold of him and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and he began inquiring who he might be and what it is he has been doing.
- ÅB
- Da kom den øverste høvedsmann bort til ham og lot ham gripe, og befalte at han skulle bindes med to lenker, og spurte hvem han var, og hva han hadde gjort.
- OTB
- Kommandanten kom opp, arresterte ham, og beordret at han skulle bindes med to lenker. Han spurte deretter hvem han var og hva han hadde gjort.
- B1930
- Da kom den øverste høvedsmann bort til ham og lot ham gripe, og bød at han skulde bindes med to lenker, og spurte hvem han var, og hvad han hadde gjort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 6:20
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
Read in contextActs 21:11
Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
Read in contextActs 20:23
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
Read in contextActs 12:6
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
Read in contextActs 28:20
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
Read in contextActs 22:29
Then those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:9
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
Read in context2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
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