ACTS 21:34 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks — the crowd's cacophony prevents clear testimony; truth is lost in the noise of passion. The commander, recognizing that he cannot adjudicate amid riots, removes Paul to the fortress (Antonia), where order can be maintained.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:34
And when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him! Acts 21:34-36 What means, Away with him? that is, what they say with us according to the Roman custom, To the standards with him!
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