Acts 21:35

When he came to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

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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 shouted one thing and some another, amongst the crowd. When he couldn’t find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.

36for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, “Away with him!”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Psalms 58:2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.

Habakkuk 1:2LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?

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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