King James Version
Acts 21:32 in the King James Version says “Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldie...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.”
Acts 21:32 · KJV
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together : and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was , and what he had done.
And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
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“took”
G3880to receive near, i.e., associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“unto”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“when they saw”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“the chief captain”
G5506the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e., colonel
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“they left”
G3973to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e., restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
“beating”
G5180to "thump", i.e., cudgel or pummel (properly, with a stick or bastinado), but in any case by repeated blows; thus differing from g3817 and g3960, whic
“of Paul”
G3972(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle
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