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Apostelgeschichte 21:31

Listen to Apostelgeschichte 21:31
31 Da sie ihn aber töten wollten, kam das Geschrei hinauf vor den obersten Hauptmann der Schar, wie das ganze Jerusalem sich empörte.

Apostelgeschichte 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 12. sect. 1. & l. 5. c. 5. sect. 8.
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Apostelgeschichte 21:31 In-Context

29 (Denn sie hatten mit ihm in der Stadt Trophimus, den Epheser gesehen; den, meinten sie, hĂ€tte Paulus in den Tempel gefĂŒhrt.)
30 Und die ganze Stadt ward bewegt, und ward ein Zulauf des Volks. Sie griffen aber Paulus und zogen ihn zum Tempel hinaus; und alsbald wurden die TĂŒren zugeschlossen.
31 Da sie ihn aber töten wollten, kam das Geschrei hinauf vor den obersten Hauptmann der Schar, wie das ganze Jerusalem sich empörte.
32 Der nahm von Stund an die Kriegsknechte und Hauptleute zu sich und lief unter sie. Da sie aber den Hauptmann und die Kriegsknechte sahen, hörten sie auf, Paulus zu schlagen.
33 Als aber der Hauptmann nahe herzukam, nahm er ihn an sich und hieß ihn binden mit zwei Ketten und fragte, wer er wĂ€re und was er getan hĂ€tte.
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