Apostelgeschichte 21:35

35 Als er aber an die Stufen kam, geschah es, daß er wegen der Gewalt des Volkes von den Kriegsknechten getragen wurde;

Apostelgeschichte 21:35 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:35

And when he came upon the stairs
Or steps, which led up to the castle; for it was built upon a very high place, as appears from the account of it in the preceding verse; to which agrees what Aristaeas ^F7 says of it in the following words;

``in order to have knowledge of all things, we went up to a castle adjoining to the city, which is situated in a very high place, fortified with very high towers, built with large stones, as we supposed for the preservation of the places about the temple, if there should be any lying in wait, or tumult, or enemies should enter; so that none might be able to make way in at the walls about the temple; for in the towers of the castle lay very sharp darts and various instruments, and the place was upon a very great eminence.''

So it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the
people:
the sense is, either that the crowd of the people was so great, and they so pressed upon Paul and the soldiers that conducted him, that he was even thrown upon them, and bore up by them; or else such was the rage of the people against him, that the soldiers were obliged to take him up in their arms, and carry him, in order to secure him from being tore in pieces by them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Hist. de 70 Interpret. p. 36. Ed. Oxon.

Apostelgeschichte 21:35 In-Context

33 Dann näherte sich der Oberste, ergriff ihn und befahl, ihn mit zwei Ketten zu binden, und erkundigte sich, wer er denn sei und was er getan habe.

34 Die einen aber riefen dieses, die anderen jenes in der Volksmenge; da er aber wegen des Tumultes nichts Gewisses erfahren konnte, befahl er, ihn in das Lager zu führen.

35 Als er aber an die Stufen kam, geschah es, daß er wegen der Gewalt des Volkes von den Kriegsknechten getragen wurde;

36 denn die Menge des Volkes folgte und schrie:

37 Hinweg mit ihm! Und als Paulus eben in das Lager hineingebracht werden sollte, spricht er zu dem Obersten: Ist es mir erlaubt, dir etwas zu sagen? Er aber sprach: Verstehst du Griechisch?