Hechos 21:33

33 El comandante se abrió paso, lo arrestó y ordenó que lo sujetaran con dos cadenas. Luego preguntó quién era y qué había hecho.

Hechos 21:33 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:33

Then the chief captain came near
To the place where the Jews were beating Paul:

and took him
the Arabic version adds, "from them"; he rescued him out of their hands, as he himself says, ( Acts 23:27 ) .

And commanded him to be bound with two chains:
partly to appease the people, and partly to secure Paul; who, he supposed, had been guilty of some misdemeanour, which had occasioned this tumult; these two chains were put, one on one arm, and the other on the other arm; and were fastened to two soldiers, who walked by him, having hold on those chains, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left; and thus Agabus's prophecy in ( Acts 21:11 ) was fulfilled:

and demanded who he was;
or asked and inquired about him, who he was, of what nation he was, what was his character, business, and employment: this inquiry was made, either of the apostle himself, or of the people; and so the Arabic version renders it, "he inquired of them who he was"; also

and what he had done;
what crime he had been guilty of, that they used him in such a manner.

Hechos 21:33 In-Context

31 Estaban por matarlo, cuando se le informó al comandante del batallón romano que toda la ciudad de Jerusalén estaba amotinada.

32 En seguida tomó algunos centuriones con sus tropas, y bajó corriendo hacia la multitud. Al ver al comandante y a sus soldados, los amotinados dejaron de golpear a Pablo.

33 El comandante se abrió paso, lo arrestó y ordenó que lo sujetaran con dos cadenas. Luego preguntó quién era y qué había hecho.

34 Entre la multitud cada uno gritaba una cosa distinta. Como el comandante no pudo averiguar la verdad a causa del alboroto, mandó que condujeran a Pablo al cuartel.

35 Cuando Pablo llegó a las gradas, los soldados tuvieron que llevárselo en vilo debido a la violencia de la turba.