Acts 21:35

Acts 21:35

33 Then the ^acommander came near and took him, and ^bcommanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.

34 And some among the multitude cried one thing and some another. So when he could not ascertain the truth because of the tumult, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks.

35 When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, ^a“Away with him!”

Addressing the Jerusalem Mob

37 Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?” He replied, “Can you speak Greek?

38 ^aAre you not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Upon the stairs (epi touv anabaqmouv). From ana, up, and bainw, to go. Late word, in LXX and Koin‚ writers. In the N.T. only here and verse Acts 21:40.

So it was (sunebh). Second aorist active of sumbainw, to happen (see on Acts 20:19) with infinitive clause as subject here as often in the old Greek.

He was borne (bastazesqai auton). Accusative of general reference with this subject infinitive, present passive of bastazw, to take up with the hands, literally as here.

Violence (bian). See on Acts 5:26. Biazw, to use force, is from bia.

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