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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.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

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In the original Greek

22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διασπάω
diaspao
verb · 2×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
κελεύω
keleuo
verb · 26×
μέσος
mesos
adjective · 61×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
παρεμβολή
parembole
verb · 11×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
στάσις
stasis
noun · 9×
στράτευμα
strateuma
noun · 8×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
χιλίαρχος
chiliarchos
noun · 21×
ἁρπάζω
arpazo
verb · 14×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: γινομένης | WH/NIV: γινομένης | Treg/RP: γενομένης
  • γινομένηςSBLGNT
  • γινομένηςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • γενομένηςTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: φοβηθεὶς | WH/Treg/NIV: φοβηθεὶς | RP: εὐλαβηθεὶς
  • φοβηθεὶςSBLGNT
  • φοβηθεὶςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εὐλαβηθεὶςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: καταβὰν | WH/Treg/NIV: καταβὰν | RP: καταβῆναι καὶ
  • καταβὰνSBLGNT
  • καταβὰνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καταβῆναι καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τε | Treg/NIV/RP: τε
  • τεSBLGNT
  • τεTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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.