Acts 23:10
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
KJV
πολλῆς δὲ γινομένης στάσεως φοβηθεὶς ὁ χιλίαρχος μὴ διασπασθῇ ὁ Παῦλος ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἐκέλευσεν τὸ στράτευμα καταβὰν ἁρπάσαι αὐτὸν ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν, ἄγειν τε εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν.
Greek NT
Et cum magna dissensio facta esset, timens tribunus ne discerperetur Paulus ab ipsis, jussit milites descendere, et rapere eum de medio eorum, ac deducere eum in castra.
Vulgate
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
ASV
And when there arose a great dissension, the tribune, fearing lest Paul should be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him by force from among them and to bring him into the castle.
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In the original Greek
22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- γινομένης — SBLGNT
- γινομένης — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- γενομένης — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- φοβηθεὶς — SBLGNT
- φοβηθεὶς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εὐλαβηθεὶς — Robinson-Pierpont
- καταβὰν — SBLGNT
- καταβὰν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καταβῆναι καὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
- τε — SBLGNT
- τε — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 21:34 — And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
- 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 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 23:16 — And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
- Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Luke 23:5 — And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.