ACTS 21:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul — the tribune arrives with a small military force and immediately restores order. The Roman authority, though ultimately unjust toward Paul, intervenes to prevent mob justice.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:32
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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