Acts 23:10

And when there arose a great dissension, the officer, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the fortress.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

In Context

9We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

11And on the following night, the Lord stood by him, and said: Take courage; for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so must you testify also in Rome.

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Cross References

Acts 21:30And the whole city was moved; and the people ran together, and, seizing Paul, they dragged him out of the temple, and the gates were immediately closed.

Acts 23:16But the son of Paul’s sister heard of the plot, and he went and entered the fortress, and told Paul.

Acts 23:32And, on the morrow, they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the fortress.

James 1:19So, then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:7-12

Paul's Second Defence. 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. 9 And there arose a… Read the whole commentary →

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