Acts 21:33 - Exposition

Laid hold on for took, A.V. ; inquired for. demanded, A.V. Laid hold on ( ἐπελάβετο ); see Acts 17:19 , note. Bound with two chains ; as St. Peter was ( Acts 12:6 ). ἄλυσις means properly "a chain on the hands" as opposed to πέδη , a fetter ( Mark 5:4 ); and therefore the two chains are not to be understood of chains on his hands and feet, with Kuinoel, but, as in the case of Peter, of chains fastening him to a soldier on both hands.