Acts 21:34 - Exposition

Shouted for cried, A.V. and T.R.; crowd for multitude, A.V.; uproar for tumult, A.V.; brought for carried, A.V. The certainty . He could not get at the truth because of the tumult and the different accounts given first by one and then by another. The Greek word τὸ ἀσφαλές , and its kindred ἀσφαλεία ἀσφαλῶς ἀσφαλίζω , and ἐπισφαλής , are of frequent use by St. Luke ( Acts 2:36 ; Acts 5:23 ; Acts 16:23 , Acts 16:24 ; Acts 22:30 ; Acts 25:26 ; Acts 27:9 ; Luke 1:4 ). These words are all very much used by medical writers, and specially the last ( ἐπισφαλής ), which is used by St. Luke alone in the New Testament. The castle ( τὴν παρεμβολήν ) , "the camp or barracks attached to the tower of Antonia" (Alford); Acts 22:24 ; Acts 23:10 , Acts 23:16 , Acts 23:32 . It means the castle-yard within the fortifications, with whatever buildings were in it.