Acts 21:32

And he immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. When they saw the officer and the soldiers, they ceased beating Paul.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

31And while they were seeking to kill him, report was brought to the officer of the band, that the whole of Jerusalem was in an uproar.

33Then the officer came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

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Cross References

Acts 5:40And they were persuaded by him; and when they had called the apostles in and scourged them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Acts 22:19And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I threw into prison, and scourged, in every synagogue, those who believed on thee;

Acts 23:27This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them. Then I went with soldiers, and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

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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