Acts 21 · Verse 32

Acts 21:32

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 21:32, King James Version

Acts 21:32 in other translations

BSBImmediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
WEBImmediately he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.
ASVAnd forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.
YLTwho, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.
DARBYwho, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.
BBEAnd straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.
WebsterWho immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating Paul.

What does Acts 21:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. the chief captain--"the chiliarch," or tribune of the Roman cohort, whose full number was one thousand men.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 32. Centurions. Captains of a hundred men.

(a) "who immediately" Acts 23:27, 24:7 (*) "chief captain" "Commander"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 Ran down unto them - Ran down the stairs to the porticoes mentioned above.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 21:27-40

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 ceremonies. It is no new thing for those who mean honestly and act regularly, to have things laid to their charge which they know not and never thought of. It is common for the wise and good to have that charged against them by…

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Acts 21:32 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὃςhoswhoG3739
ἐξαυτῆςexautēsat onceG1824
παραλαβὼνparalabōnhaving taken with [him]G3880
στρατιώταςstratiōtassoldiersG4757
καὶkaiandG2532
ἑκατοντάρχαςhekatontarchascenturionsG1543
κατέδραμενkatedramenran downG2701
ἐπ᾽ep᾽uponG1909
αὐτούς.autousthem.G846
οἱhoi<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
ἰδόντεςidonteshaving seenG1492
τὸνtontheG3588
χιλίαρχονchiliarchoncommanderG5506
καὶkaiandG2532
τοὺςtoustheG3588
στρατιώταςstratiōtassoldiersG4757
ἐπαύσαντοepausantothey stoppedG3973
τύπτοντεςtuptontesbeatingG5180
τὸνton<the>G3588
Παῦλον.PaulonPaul.G3972

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Cross references for Acts 21:32

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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 23:23-24

    And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
took.
23:23,24
and run.
23:27; 24:7
beating.
5:40; 18:17; 22:19; Isa 3:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 21:31

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

  • Acts 21:32

    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 21:33

    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.

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Acts 21:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El cual tomando luego soldados y centuriones, corrió á ellos. Y ellos como vieron al tribuno y á los soldados, cesaron de herir á Pablo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et aussitôt il prit des soldats et des centurions, et courut à eux; mais eux, voyant le chiliarque et les soldats, cessèrent de battre Paul.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der nahm sofort Kriegsknechte und Hauptleute mit und lief zu ihnen hinab. Als sie aber den Obersten und die Kriegsknechte sahen, hörten sie auf, den Paulus zu schlagen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui statim, assumptis militibus et centurionibus, decurrit ad illos. Qui cum vidissent tribunum et milites, cessaverunt percutere Paulum.