Handelingen 21:33

33 Toen naderde de overste en greep hem, en beval, dat men hem met twee ketenen zou binden; en vraagde, wie hij was, en wat hij gedaan had.

Handelingen 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.

Handelingen 21:33 In-Context

31 En als zij hem zochten te doden, kwam het gerucht tot den overste der bende, dat geheel Jeruzalem in verwarring was.

32 Welke terstond krijgsknechten en hoofdmannen over honderd tot zich nam, en liep af naar hen toe. Zij nu, den oversten en de krijgsknechten ziende, hielden op van Paulus te slaan.

33 Toen naderde de overste en greep hem, en beval, dat men hem met twee ketenen zou binden; en vraagde, wie hij was, en wat hij gedaan had.

34 En onder de schare riep de ene dit, de andere wat anders. Doch als hij de zekerheid niet kon weten vanwege de beroerte, beval hij, dat men hem in de legerplaats zou brengen.

35 En als hij aan de trappen gekomen was, gebeurde het, dat hij van de krijgsknechten gedragen werd vanwege het geweld der schare.