Acts 21:35

And, when he came unto the stairs, so it was that he was borne along by the soldiers, because of the force of the multitude;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

34but, others, were calling out, something else, in the multitude; and so, as he could not get to know the certainty, because of the tumult, he ordered him to be brought into the castle.

36for the throng of the people was following, crying out—Away with him!

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11And the earth corrupted itself before God,—and the earth was filled with violence,

Psalms 58:2Aye! ye all do work, perversity,—Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!

Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Yahweh, have I called out, and thou wouldst not hear me? Have I kept crying unto thee of violence, and thou wouldst 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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