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Acts 21:35

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.

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!”

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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BSB
When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
KJV
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
WEB
When he came to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
ASV
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;
DARBY
But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.
BLB
And when he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.
ÅB
Da han nå kom til trappene, ble det slik at han måtte bæres av krigsfolket, så voldsom var hopen;
OTB
Da Paulus nådde trappene, var volden fra mobben så stor at han måtte bæres av soldatene.
B1930
Da han nu kom til trappene, blev det slik at han måtte bæres av krigsfolket, så voldsom var hopen;

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Cross references

  • Genesis 6:11–12

    Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

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  • Psalms 55:9

    O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

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  • Habakkuk 1:2–3

    How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

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  • Psalms 58:2

    No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

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  • Jeremiah 23:10

    For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.

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  • Acts 21:40

    Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

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