Acts 21:26-33 KJV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:32

Who immediately took soldiers and centurions ,.... A very large number of soldiers, for they are called an army, in Acts 23:27 with a sufficient number of officers called centurions, who were each of them over an hundred men, to command them, and put them in order: and ran down unto them : from the tower to the temple, the outer part of it; perhaps the mountain of the house, where they had dragged Paul, and were beating him; hither the captain, with his officers and soldiers, came in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:26

To signify the accomplishment, etc. - Διαγγελλων , Declaring the accomplishment, etc. As this declaration was made to the priest, the sense of the passage is the following, if we suppose Paul to have made an offering for himself, as well as the four men: "The next day, Paul, taking the four men, began to purify, set himself apart, or consecrate himself with them; entering into the temple, he publicly declared to the priests that he would observe the separation of a Nazarite, and continue... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:27

The Jews which were of Asia - These pursued him with the most deliberate and persevering malice in every place; and it appears that it was through them that the false reports were sent to and circulated through Jerusalem. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:28

This is the man that teacheth, etc. - As much as if they had said: This is the man concerning whom we wrote to you; who in every place endeavors to prejudice the Gentiles against the Jews, against the Mosaic law, and against the temple and its services. Brought Greeks also into the temple - This was a most deliberate and malicious untruth: Paul could accomplish no purpose by bringing any Greek or Gentile into the temple; and their having seen Trophimus, an Ephesian, with him, in the city... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:30

They took Paul - They tumultuously seized on him; and drew him out of the temple, out of the court of the Israelites, where he was worshipping: and - the doors were shut; the doors of the court of the Gentiles, probably to prevent Paul from getting any succor from his friends in the city; for their whole proceedings show that they purposed to murder him: they brought him out of the court of the Israelites, that court being peculiarly holy, that it might not be defiled by his blood; and they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:31

The chief captain of the band - The Roman tribune, who had a troop of soldiers under him, which lodged in general in the castle of Antonia, which was built at the angle where the northern and western porticoes of the outer court of the temple were joined together. This castle was built by John Hyrcanus, high priest of the Jews: it was at first called Baris, and was the royal residence of the Asmoneans, as long as they reigned in Jerusalem. It was beautified by Herod the Great, and called... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:32

Ran down unto them - Ran down the stairs to the porticoes mentioned above. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:33

And took him - With great violence, according to Acts 24:7 , probably meaning an armed force. To be bound with two chains - To be bound between two soldiers; his right hand chained to the left hand of the one, and his left hand to the right of the other. See the note on Acts 12:6 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:26

Verse 26− 26.Whereas some accuse Paul of subtilty, − (483) as if he did play the hypocrite, I have before refuted this. Yet I do not deny but that he granted to do thus much at the request of the brethren, being thereunto in a manner enforced. Therefore, it hath more color, and is (as they say) more disputable, that he was too easily entreated, and too ready to obey; and yet I do not admit that which some men say, that it went not well with Paul, because, taking upon him a new and unwonted... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 21:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:33

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 21:26

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