Acts 23:10

The dispute was becoming so violent, that the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces between them, ordered the Guard to go down and rescue him from them, and take him into the Fort.

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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

9So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teachers of the Law belonging to the Pharisees’ party stood up and hotly protested, ‘We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel…’

11That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said, ‘Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also.’

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Cross References

Psalms 7:2or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.

Micah 3:3‘They devour the flesh of my people, and their hide they strip from off them, and break in pieces and serve up their bones, like meat in a pot or the cooking pan!

Acts 21:30The whole city was stirred, and the people quickly collected, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the Temple, when the doors were immediately shut.

Acts 23:16However, the son of Paul’s sister, hearing of the plot, went to the Fort, and on being admitted, told Paul about it.

Acts 23:32and on the next day, leaving the troopers to go on with him, they returned to the Fort.

James 1:19Mark this, my dear friends – Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

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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