Acts 21:33

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.

³² 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.

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.

³⁵ And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

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.

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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 bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Acts 21:11
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
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Acts 20:23
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
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Acts 12:6
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
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Acts 28:20
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
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Acts 22:29
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
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2 Timothy 2:9
Where in I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
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2 Timothy 1:16
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
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