Acts 21:34

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.

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.

³⁶ For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”

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: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Some shouted one thing and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn’t find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.
ASV: And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd: and when he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the castle.
DARBY: And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd. But he, not being able to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded him to be brought into the fortress.
BLB: They were crying out in the crowd one thing, but others another. And he, not being able to know the facts on account of the uproar, ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

ÅB: Noen i hopen ropte da ett, andre et annet; og da han på grunn av larmen ikke kunne få noe sikkert å vite, befalte han at han skulle føres inn i festningen.
OTB: Noen i folkemengden ropte én ting og noen en annen. Siden kommandanten ikke kunne fastslå sannheten på grunn av oppstyret, beordret han at Paulus skulle føres inn i brakken.
B1930: Nogen i hopen ropte da ett, andre et annet; og da han på grunn av larmen ikke kunde få noget sikkert å vite, bød han at han skulde føres inn i festningen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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Acts 23:10
The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
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Acts 19:32
Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.
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Acts 23:16
But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
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Acts 22:24
the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
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Acts 21:37
As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
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Acts 22:30
The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
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Acts 25:26
I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
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Acts 23:32
The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
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