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.
KJV
ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συνχύννεται Ἱερουσαλήμ,
Greek NT
Quærentibus autem eum occidere, nuntiatum est tribuno cohortis quia tota confunditur Jerusalem.
Vulgate
And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
ASV
And as they went about to kill him, it was told the tribune of the band that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- τε — SBLGNT
- τε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
- συγχύννεται — SBLGNT
- συγχύννεται — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- συγκέχυται — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 11:23 — 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 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, an
- Acts 22:24 — The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
- 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 26:9 — I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- John 18:12 — Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
- Matt 24:9 — Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.