"At once". quick thinking man. "Some soldiers and centurions" Seeing that. centurion was over 100 men, this force may have included. couple of hundred soldiers. "Ran down to them" The soldiers came down the stairways from the fortress into the temple area. "They stopped beating Paul" The sight of several hundred Roman soldiers running into the temple area stopped the mob for. moment. They might have been more concerned at the moment of defending themselves than inflicting any more blows upon Paul.

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