"And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar…" — Acts 21:31

Acts 21:31 · KJV

“And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.”

— Acts 21:31

Verse 30

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

Verse 32

Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

Acts 21 — Context

(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded {him} to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:23-33

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I {am} more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

Acts 26:9-10

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

Mark 14:2

But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Acts 23:17

Then Paul called one of the centurions unto {him}, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

John 16:2

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Acts 10:1

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian {band},