Acts 21:35

And it came to pass when on the steps (it happened for him to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

34And some among the crowd shouted out one thing, some another. And not being able to know the certainty because of the uproar, he commanded him to be carried into the fort.

36for the mass of the people followed, crying out, Away with him),

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Psalms 58:2No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Habakkuk 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.

Acts 24:7[This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.]

Matthew Henry on Acts 21:28-40

Paul Seized in the Temple; The Tumult at Jerusalem. 27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. 29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they… Read the whole commentary →

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