Acts 21:33

American Standard Version (1901)

Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

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  • Acts 12:6 : 6 And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.
  • Acts 20:23 : 23 save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
  • Acts 21:11 : 11 And coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Acts 22:29 : 29 They then that were about to examine him straightway departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
  • Acts 28:20 : 20 For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with [me] : for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
  • Acts 25:16 : 16 To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
  • Acts 26:29 : 29 And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.
  • Acts 22:24-25 : 24 the chief captain commanded him be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so shouted against him. 25 And when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
  • Judg 15:13 : 13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
  • Judg 16:8 : 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
  • Judg 16:12 : 12 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread.
  • Judg 16:21 : 21 And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
  • John 18:29-30 : 29 Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.

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  • Acts 21:30-32
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    30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut.

    31 And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

    32 And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.

  • Acts 22:24-30
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    24 the chief captain commanded him be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so shouted against him.

    25 And when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

    26 And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.

    27 And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.

    28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I am [a Roman] born.

    29 They then that were about to examine him straightway departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

    30 But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

  • Acts 23:17-20
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    17 And Paul called unto him one of the centurions, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him.

    18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee.

    19 And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that thou hast to tell me?

    20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

    11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

  • Acts 21:34-37
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    34 And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd: and when he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the castle.

    35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

    36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.

    37 And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

  • Acts 24:7-8
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    7 (Ommitted)

    8 from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.

  • Acts 28:16-17
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    16 And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.

    17 And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

  • John 18:12
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    12 So the band and the chief captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,

  • Acts 23:27-31
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    27 This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

    28 And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

    29 whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

    30 And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.

    31 So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Acts 24:23
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    23 And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.

  • Acts 16:23-24
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    23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

    24 who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

  • Acts 16:37-38
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    37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

    38 And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;

  • Acts 27:1
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    1 And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

  • Acts 21:11
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    11 And coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15 Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.

  • Acts 23:33
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    33 and they, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

  • Acts 25:21
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    21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept till I should send him to Caesar.

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

    31 and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], asking for sentence against him.

  • Acts 25:23
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    23 So on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they were entered into the place of hearing with the chief captains and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

  • Acts 23:22-23
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    22 So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.

    23 And he called unto him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night:

  • Acts 9:21
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    21 And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havoc of them that called on this name? and he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests.

  • Acts 25:6
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    6 And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 25:2
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    2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,

  • Acts 25:17
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    17 When therefore they were come together here, I made no delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

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