ACTS 21:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.”
Then the commander came up and took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done — Paul is bound (Greek: desmo), the first explicit chain imprisonment. The commander's questions are pragmatic: he seeks to understand the disturbance and Paul's role in it.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:33
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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