Hechos 21:35

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

Hechos 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.

Hechos 21:35 In-Context

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.

36 El pueblo en masa iba detrás gritando: «¡Que lo maten!»

37 Cuando los soldados estaban a punto de meterlo en el cuartel, Pablo le preguntó al comandante:—¿Me permite decirle algo?—¿Hablas griego? —replicó el comandante—.