King James Version
Acts 21:35 in the King James Version says “And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.”
Acts 21:35 · KJV
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.
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“he came”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“upon”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“that he was borne”
G941to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“of”
G5259under, i.e., (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (
“the soldiers”
G4757a camper-out, i.e., a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively)
“of the people”
G3793a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
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