Atti 21:35

35 Quando Paolo arrivò alla gradinata dovette, per la violenza della folla, esser portato dai soldati,

Atti 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.

Atti 21:35 In-Context

33 Allora il tribuno, accostatosi, lo prese, e comandò che fosse legato con due catene; poi domandò chi egli fosse, e che cosa avesse fatto.

34 E nella folla gli uni gridavano una cosa, e gli altri un’altra; onde, non potendo saper nulla di certo a cagion del tumulto, comandò ch’egli fosse menato nella fortezza.

35 Quando Paolo arrivò alla gradinata dovette, per la violenza della folla, esser portato dai soldati,

36 perché il popolo in gran folla lo seguiva, gridando: Toglilo di mezzo!

37 Or come Paolo stava per esser introdotto nella fortezza, disse al tribuno: Mi è egli lecito dirti qualcosa? Quegli rispose: Sai tu il greco?