Acts 21:31-33 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

³¹While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

³²Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

³³The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

— Acts 21:31-33

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