Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 21:31

31 Tāmen zhèng xiǎng yào shā tā , yǒu rén bàoxìn gĕi yíng lǐ de qiā fú zhǎng shuō , Yēlùsǎlĕng hé chéng dōu luàn le .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 21:31 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:31

And as they went about to kill him
In the manner as zealots did, without bringing him before any court of judicature, without any charge, trial, and condemnation:

tidings came unto the chief captain of the band;
the Roman band of soldiers, who were placed near the temple, to keep the peace of the city, and persons in order; and who were more especially needful, at such a time as the feast of Pentecost, when there was such a great concourse of people in the city, and indeed always were in arms at such times ^F2; this chief captain was Claudius Lysias, as appears from ( Acts 23:26 ) to him the report of the disturbance was brought; or as it is in the Greek text, the "fame ascended" to him; who very likely might be in the tower of Antonia, which joined to the temple:

that all Jerusalem was in an uproar;
or in confusion, and therefore it became him, as a Roman officer, to take care to quell it, lest it should issue in sedition and rebellion.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 12. sect. 1. & l. 5. c. 5. sect. 8.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 21:31 In-Context

29 Zhè huà shì yīn tāmen céng kànjian Yǐfúsuǒ rén tè luó fēi mó , tóng Bǎoluó zaì chéng lǐ , yǐwéi Bǎoluó daì tā jìn le diàn .

30 Hé chéng dōu zhèndòng , bǎixìng yī qí pǎo lái , ná zhù Bǎoluó , lá tā chū diàn , diàn mén lìkè dōu guān le .

31 Tāmen zhèng xiǎng yào shā tā , yǒu rén bàoxìn gĕi yíng lǐ de qiā fú zhǎng shuō , Yēlùsǎlĕng hé chéng dōu luàn le .

32 Qiā fú zhǎng lìshí daì zhe bīng dīng , hé jǐ gè bǎifūzhǎng , pǎo xià qù dào tāmen nàli . tāmen jiàn le qiā fú zhǎng hé bīng dīng , jiù zhǐ zhù bú dǎ Bǎoluó .

33 Yúshì qiā fú zhǎng shàng qián ná zhù tā , fēnfu yòng liǎng tiaó tiĕliàn kúnsuǒ . yòu wèn tā shì shénme rén , zuò de shì shénme shì .