And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
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Gill's Exposition
And when there arose a great dissension,.... When that was come to a very great height, hot words were spoken, and they were ready to come to blows, and there was like to be a riot and tumult among…
Barnes' Notes
A great dissension - A great tumult, excitement, or controversy. Into the castle - See the notes on Act 21:34.
Adam Clarke
The chief captain - commanded the soldiers to go down - It appears that the chief captain was present during these transactions, and that he had a body of soldiers in readiness in the castle of…
Many are the troubles of the righteous, but some way or other the Lord delivereth them out of them all. Paul owned he had experienced the truth of this in the persecutions he had undergone among the…
Cambridge Bible
the chief captain He must have been in some position where he could watch all the proceedings, though we can hardly think that he was presiding in the Sanhedrin.
pulled in pieces of them The Pharisees…
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