Acts 21:35

And when he had arrived at the stairs, it happened that he was carried up by the soldiers, because of the threat of violence from the people.

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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

34Then they were crying out various things within the crowd. And since he could not understand anything clearly because of the noise, he ordered him to be brought into the fortress.

36For the multitude of the people were following and crying out, “Take him away!”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11Yet the earth was corrupted before the eyes of God, and it was filled with iniquity.

Psalms 58:2Rescue me from my enemies, my God, and free me from those who rise up against me.

Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save?

Acts 24:7But Lysias, the tribune, overwhelming us with great violence, snatched him away from our hands,

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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