33The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.


In Context

30 The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.

32 He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

33 The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.

35 When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers.

Acts 21:33 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:33Then 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:33Then the tribune coming near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains: and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:33Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:33Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:33Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:33Then the chief captain came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains: and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:33Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:33Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:33Then 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.