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Selected Verse: Acts 21:32 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 21:32 |
King James |
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the chief captain--"the chiliarch," or tribune of the Roman cohort, whose full number was one thousand men. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Centurions - Captains of 100 men. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Centurions
See on Luk 7:2.
Unto them ( ἐπ' αὐτούς)
Better, upon them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Ran down unto them - Ran down the stairs to the porticoes mentioned above. |
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.