"Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldie…" — Acts 21:32

Acts 21:32 · KJV

“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 21:32

Verse 31

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

Verse 33

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.

Acts 21 — Context

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.

And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

Cross References

Acts 23:27

This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

Isaiah 3:15

What mean ye {that} ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Acts 5:40

And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten {them}, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Acts 23:23-24

And he called unto {him} two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

Acts 18:17

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat {him} before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

Acts 22:19

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

Acts 24:6

Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.