Acts Chapter 21 verse 35 Holy Bible
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;
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And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;
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But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.
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And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
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When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
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and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 35. - Crowd for people, A.V. Borne of the soldiers. Lifted off his legs and carried up the steps. The stairs from the temple area at the northwest corner to the castle of Antonia (see ver. 31, note, and ver. 32). Alford quotes the description of the fort Antonia in Josephus, 'Bell. Jud.,' 5. 5:8, in which he says (Traill's translation), "Its general appearance was that of a tower with other towers at each of the four corners. That at the southeast angle rose to an elevation of seventy cubits, so that from thence there was a complete view of the temple. Where it adjoined the colonnades of the temple it had passages leading down to both, through which the guards - for in the fortress there always lay a Roman legion - descended and disposed themselves about the colonnades in arms at the festivals, to watch the people, and repress any insurrectionary movement."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) When he came upon the stairs . . .--This was one of the flights leading, as has been said, from the tower to the Temple area. Here the violence of the crowd became greater as they were more pressed in, and the soldiers had literally to lift him from his legs and carry him in, while the troops lined the staircase on either side.
