Atos 21:35

35 Quando chegou às escadas, a violência do povo era tão grande que ele precisou ser carregado pelos soldados.

Atos 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Atos 21:35 In-Context

33 O comandante chegou, prendeu-o e ordenou que ele fosse amarrado com duas correntes. Então perguntou quem era ele e o que tinha feito.
34 Alguns da multidão gritavam uma coisa, outros gritavam outra; não conseguindo saber ao certo o que havia acontecido, por causa do tumulto, o comandante ordenou que Paulo fosse levado para a fortaleza.
35 Quando chegou às escadas, a violência do povo era tão grande que ele precisou ser carregado pelos soldados.
36 A multidão que o seguia continuava gritando: “Acaba com ele!”
37 Quando os soldados estavam para introduzir Paulo na fortaleza, ele perguntou ao comandante: “Posso dizer-te algo?”“Você fala grego?”, perguntou ele.
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