Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Acts 21:32
Verse 32. Ran down unto them] Ran down the stairs to the porticoes mentioned above.
Verse 32. Ran down unto them] Ran down the stairs to the porticoes mentioned above.
CENTURIONS - Captains of 100 men....
CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The journey from Miletus to Tyre and Ptolemais (Acts 21:1)._ 2. In Caesarea (Acts 21:8). 3. The Apostle's Arrival in Jerusalem and his visit to the Temple (Acts 21:15). 4. The Uproa...
OUTBURST OF JEWISH FURY AGAINST PAUL IN THE TEMPLE: HIS ARREST. A week later Paul is in the Temple to discharge his vow; whether it was discharged or not is uncertain. The sight of him there infuriate...
When the seven days were nearly completed and when the Jews from Asia had seen Paul in the temple, they stirred up the whole mob and they attacked him shouting, "Help, men of Israel! This is the man w...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
IMMEDIATELY. Greek. _exautes_. See note on Acts 10:33. SOLDIERS, &C. From the garrison in Antonia. CENTURIONS. Greek. _hekatontarchos_. The form used in the Gospels, and in nine places in Acts. Here,...
_Who immediately took soldiers and centurions_ Clearly he had charge of a considerable troop, which perhaps might just then be augmented in anticipation of any disturbance to which such a concourse, a...
ΣΤΡΑΤΙΏΤΑΣ ΚΑῚ ἙΚΑΤΟΝΤΆΡΧΑΣ, _soldiers and centurions_. Clearly the χιλίαρχος had charge of a considerable troop, which might perhaps just at the feast be augmented in anticipation that the incourse o...
ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. PAUL’S RECEPTION BY THE CHURCH AND BY THE PEOPLE...
_SLANDEROUS CHARGES AGAINST PAUL ACTS 21:27-36:_ Paul was in and out of the Temple several times to perform the ritual suggested by James. Afterwards, "the Jews which were of Asia said, "This is the m...
ΈΞΑΥΤΉΣ (G1824) немедленно, ΠΑΡΑΛΑΒΩΑΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.)_, _см._ Acts 21:24. ΈΚΑΤΟΝΤΆΡΧΗΣ (G1543) командир сотни, центурион (_см._ Acts 10:1). ΚΑΤΈΔΡΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΤΡΈΧΩ ...
AND ALL THE CITY WAS MOVED,— The accusation brought against St. Paul, though false, put all the city in a commotion, and brought a vast concourse of people together, who seized upon him in order to ki...
b. Jews from Asia cause Paul's arrest. Acts 21:27-40. Acts 21:27 And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and...
See notes on verse 31...
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. Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, an...
24 The belief of the circumcisionists, based on tangible evidence, such as signs and wonders, was of a very different quality from that of Paul's epistles. In our Lord's day "many believe in [into] Hi...
ST. PAUL ARRESTED AT JERUSALEM 1. Were gotten] rather, 'had torn ourselves.' COOS] or Cos, a fertile island off the Carian coast, producing silks, ointments, wheat, and wines. RHODES] a city, and lar...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 PAUL VISITS THE *BELIEVERS IN TYRE, 21:1-6 V1 We said goodbye to them and then we left. We sailed straight to Cos. The next day, we went to...
ἐξαυτῆς, _cf._ Acts 10:33. παραλ. στρ. καὶ ἑκατοντ., indicating that he thought the tumult considerable. κατέδραμεν ἐπʼ αὐτούς, “ran down upon them” from Antonia, so R.V. vividly; verb found only here...
FACING A BIGOTED MOB Acts 21:27 Four days passed and there seemed a hope that, as the number of pilgrims grew less, Paul might escape recognition till his vow was fulfilled. In fulfilling it he was r...
Passing on toward Jerusalem, Paul and those with him reached Tyre. There the disciples urged the apostle not to go to Jerusalem; but, having received from the Spirit a revelation of all that lay befor...
Paul's Arrest in the Temple Paul yielded to the proposal set forth by James and the others and began to be purified, perhaps to enter the inner part of the temple (See McGarvey). Near the end of the s...
Lysias, the Roman kiliarch, commander-in-chief at Castle Antonia on Mt. Moriah near the temple, the Roman citadel for the protection of Jerusalem, in all of his treatment of Paul shows up a very beaut...
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 closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 32._And when they saw the chief captain. _Those whose fury neither the majesty of God, nor yet the reverence of the temple, could once stay, begin to relent when they see a profane man. Whereby it a...
After this time the apostle has to give account of himself, and to accomplish in a striking manner the predictions of the Lord. Brought before tribunals by the malice of the Jews, given up through the...
WHO IMMEDIATELY TOOK SOLDIERS AND CENTURIONS,.... A very large number of soldiers, for they are called an army, in Acts 23:27 with a sufficient number of officers called centurions, who were each of t...
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. Ver. 32. _Who immediately took soldiers_] An adm...
_And as they went about to kill him_ It was a rule among the Jews, that any uncircumcised person who came within the separating wall, mentioned above, might be stoned to death without any further proc...
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....
The captain of the Roman band interferes:...
From this point onwards there is no record of the work of God spreading as it had previously through Paul's energetic ministry. In fact, we read of no conversions until Chapter 28:24, though we may be...
HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK SOLDIERS AND CENTURIONS, AND RAN DOWN TO THEM. AND WHEN THEY SAW THE COMMANDER AND THE SOLDIERS, THEY STOPPED BEATING PAUL. 1. This Roman commander takes charge. He takes soldiers...
"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 do...
27-40 In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently set upon. They falsely charged him with ill doctrine and ill practice against the Mosaic ceremonie...
A wonderful providence of God for Paul's preservation, that the chief captain should be so near, as to be able to hinder the massacring of Paul; and especially that he should be defended and preserved...
Acts 21:32 He G3739 immediately G1824 took G3880 (G5631) soldiers G4757 and G2532 centurions G1543 down G2701 ...
‘And as they were seeking to kill him, news came up to the chief captain (chiliarch) of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion, and at once he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down on them...
FORTHWITH (εξαυτης). Common in the _Koine_ (εξ αυτης, supply ωρας, hour).HE TOOK (παραλαβων). See verses Acts 21:24; Acts 21:26.CENTURIONS (εκατονταρχας). See on Luke 7:2 for discussion. Plural...
CONTENTS: Holy Spirit forbids Paul to go to Jerusalem. Paul goes to Jerusalem. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Seized in the temple by the Jews and bound with chains. CHARACTERS: Paul, Holy Spirit, Philip,...
Acts 21:1. _We came with a straight course to Coos,_ or Cos. See the map of St. Paul's travels. It is the principal island of the group called Cyclades. Hypocrates the physician, and Apelles the paint...
SOME JEWS FROM THE PROVINCE OF ASIA. These were not Christian Jews, but probably the Jews from Ephesus mentioned in Acts 20:3. The language implies they did not see Paul until the seven days of purifi...
_And when the seven days were almost ended the Jews which were of Asia … stirred up all the people._ PAUL IN THE TEMPLE 1. Unholy zeal is more easily occasioned than good works (Acts 21:27). 2. Reli...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:17 The Arrest in Jerusalem. While fulfilling a vow at the temple, Paul was attacked by a Jewish mob and rescued by the Romans. He defended himself before the Jewish crowd and the...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:31 A Roman TRIBUNE was the commander of a COHORT. This consisted of up to a thousand soldiers, under the command of several CENTURIONS (see note on...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:26. PAUL TOOK THE MEN, AND THE NEXT DAY PURIFYING HIMSELF, might read _took the men the next day, and having purified himself_, not by performing the ordinary ablutions requ...
EXPOSITION ACTS 21:1 _When it came to pass float we were parted from them, and had set sail _for _it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, _A.V.; _Cos _for _Coos_, A.V....
And so it came to pass, that after we had gotten from them, and we had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the following day unto to Rhodes, and from there to Patara: where we foun...
Acts 18:17; Acts 22:19; Acts 23:23; Acts 23:24; Acts 23:27;...
Centurions. See on Luke 7:2. Unto them [ε π α υ τ ο υ ς]. Better, upon them....