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Acts 21:32 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Immediately he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul. "

Acts 21:32

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30 All the city was moved and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

32 Immediately he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

33 Then 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.

34 Some shouted one thing and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn’t find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.

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Acts 21:1

"When we had departed from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara."

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"Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail."

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