Acts 21:32 - Exposition

And forthwith he for who immediately, A.V.; upon for unto, A.V.; and they, when, etc., left off for and when they, etc., they left, A.V.; beating for beating of, A.V. Ran down upon ( κατέδραμεν ἐπὶ ). κατατρέχω only occurs here in the New Testament, but is used in the LXX . of 1 Kings 19:20 , followed by ὀπίσω , to run after. In classical Greek it governs an accusative or genitive of the person or thing attacked. Here the force of κατά seems to be merely the running down from the castle of Antonia, and therefore the A.V. unto seems preferable to the R.V. upon.