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Acts 21:35

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

KJV

ὅτε δὲ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀναβαθμούς, συνέβη βαστάζεσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν διὰ τὴν βίαν τοῦ ὄχλου,

Greek NT

Et cum venisset ad gradus, contigit ut portaretur a militibus propter vim populi.

Vulgate

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

ASV

And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βία
bia
noun · 3×
βαστάζω
bastazo
verb · 27×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
στρατιώτης
stratiotes
noun · 26×
συμβαίνω
sumbaino
verb · 8×
ἀναβαθμός
anabathmos
noun · 2×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 21:40 — And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,