Acts 21:35

When Paul reached the steps, he was actually being carried by the soldiers, owing to the violence of the mob;

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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

34Some of the crowd said one thing, and some another; and, as he could get no definite reply because of the uproar, he ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks.

36for the people were following in a mass, shouting out, “Kill him!”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11God saw that the earth was corrupt and full of violence.

Psalms 58:2In the land you practise iniquity – all of you; violence do you dispense with your hands.

Habakkuk 1:2How long, Lord, have I cried out and without you hearing me! I cry to you, “Violence!” but you do not help.

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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