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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.

KJV

ὃς ἐξαυτῆς παραλαβὼν στρατιώτας καὶ ἑκατοντάρχας κατέδραμεν ἐπ’ αὐτούς· οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες τὸν χιλίαρχον καὶ τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐπαύσαντο τύπτοντες τὸν Παῦλον.

Greek NT

Qui statim, assumptis militibus et centurionibus, decurrit ad illos. Qui cum vidissent tribunum et milites, cessaverunt percutere Paulum.

Vulgate

And 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.

ASV

Who, forthwith taking with him soldiers and centurions, ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατατρέχω
katatrecho
verb · 1×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
παύω
pauo
verb · 15×
στρατιώτης
stratiotes
noun · 26×
τύπτω
tupto
verb · 13×
χιλίαρχος
chiliarchos
noun · 21×
ἐξαυτῆς
exautes
adverb · 5×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑκατοντάρχης
ekatontarches
noun · 20×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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 23:27 — 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Matt 27:54 — Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.