ACTS 21:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.”
While they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion — the Roman tribune (chiliarchos, a cohort commander) receives notice of the uprising. Rome's military apparatus, which will ultimately condemn Paul, paradoxically becomes his rescue from Jewish violence.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:31
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the tribune of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. Then the tribune came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude. Acts 21:31-34 But…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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