Acts 21:35

King James Version

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
As they were leaving, the mob rose up again and the soldiers had to lift Paul onto their shoulders to keep him from being killed.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he got to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

Legacy Standard Bible
And when he got to the stairs, he actually was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

Bible in Basic English
And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;

Darby Translation
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.

New King James Version
When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

Christian Standard Bible®
When Paul got to the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the mob's violence,

World English Bible
When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But when he came upon the stairs, he was borne of the soldiers, through the violence of the people.

Weymouth's New Testament
When Paul was going up the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

King James Version (1611)
And when he came vpon ye staires, so it was that he was borne of the souldiers, for the violence of the people.

Literal Translation
But when he came on the stairs, it happened he was borne by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And wha he came to the steppes, it fortuned that he was borne of ye soudyers because of the violence of the people.

Mace New Testament (1729)
as he was mounting the stairs, the soldiers bore him up thro' the violence of the people, who were all pressing after,

Amplified Bible
When Paul got to the steps, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

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

Revised Standard Version
And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And whe he came vnto a grece it fortuned that he was borne of the soudiers of the violence of the people.

Update Bible Version
And when he came on the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne by the soldiers, for the violence of the people.

Young's Literal Translation
and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,

New Century Version
When Paul came to the steps, the soldiers had to carry him because the people were ready to hurt him.

New English Translation
When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,

Berean Standard Bible
When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

Contemporary English Version
As they reached the steps, the crowd became so wild that the soldiers had to lift Paul up and carry him.

Complete Jewish Bible
When Sha'ul got to the steps, he actually had to be carried by the soldiers, because the mob was so wild —

English Standard Version
And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when hee came vnto the grieces, it was so that he was borne of the souldiers, for the violence of the people.

George Lamsa Translation
And when Paul reached the stairs, the soldiers bore him because of the violence of the people.

Hebrew Names Version
When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

International Standard Version
When Paulhe">[fn] got to the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

Etheridge Translation
And as Paulos came to the stairs the soldiers carried him, on account of the violence of the people:

Murdock Translation
And when Paul came to the stairs, the soldiers bore him along, because of the violence of the people.

New Living Translation
As Paul reached the stairs, the mob grew so violent the soldiers had to lift him to their shoulders to protect him.

New Life Bible
The people cried out so loud and pushed so hard that Paul had to be carried up the steps by the soldiers.

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

New Revised Standard
When Paul came to the steps, the violence of the mob was so great that he had to be carried by the soldiers.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he came unto the stairs, so it was that he was borne along by the soldiers, because of the force of the multitude;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people.

Lexham English Bible
And when he came to the steps, it happened that he had to be carried by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he came vpon the stayres, it was so that he was borne of the souldyers for the violence of the people.

Easy-to-Read Version
The whole crowd was following them. When the soldiers came to the steps, they had to carry Paul. They did this to protect him, because the people were ready to hurt him. The people were shouting, "Kill him!"

New American Standard Bible
When Paul got to the stairs, it came about that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

Good News Translation
They got as far as the steps with him, and then the soldiers had to carry him because the mob was so wild.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Poul cam to the grees, it bifel that he was borun of kniytis, for strengthe of the puple.

Contextual Overview

²⁷ And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, ²⁸ Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. ²⁹ (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) ³⁰ And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. ³¹ And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. ³² 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. ³³ Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. ³⁴ And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried 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 people. ³⁶ For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:12, Psalms 55:9, Psalms 58:2, Jeremiah 23:10, Habakkuk 1:2, Habakkuk 1:3

Reciprocal: Acts 21:40 - on Acts 24:7 - great 1 Timothy 3:13 - degree

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he came upon the stairs,.... Or steps, which led up to the castle; for it was built upon a very high place, as appears from the account of it in the preceding verse; to which agrees what Aristaeas g says of it in the following words;

"in order to have knowledge of all things, we went up to a castle adjoining to the city, which is situated in a very high place, fortified with very high towers, built with large stones, as we supposed for the preservation of the places about the temple, if there should be any lying in wait, or tumult, or enemies should enter; so that none might be able to make way in at the walls about the temple; for in the towers of the castle lay very sharp darts and various instruments, and the place was upon a very great eminence.''

So it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people: the sense is, either that the crowd of the people was so great, and they so pressed upon Paul and the soldiers that conducted him, that he was even thrown upon them, and bore up by them; or else such was the rage of the people against him, that the soldiers were obliged to take him up in their arms, and carry him, in order to secure him from being tore in pieces by them.

g Hist. de 70 Interpret. p. 36. Ed. Oxon.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Upon the stairs - The stairs which led from the temple to the castle of Antonia. Josephus says (Jewish Wars, book 5, chapter 5, section 8), that the castle of Antonia “was situated at the corner of two cloisters of the temple, of that on the west, and of that on the north; it was erected on a rock of 50 cubits (75 feet) in height, and was on a great precipice. On the corner where it joined to the two cloisters of the temple, it had passages down to them both, through which the guards went several ways among the cloisters with their arms, on the Jewish festivals, etc.” It was on these stairs, as the soldiers were returning, that the tumult was so great, or the crowd so dense, that they were obliged to hear Paul along to rescue him from their violence.

The violence of the people - The rush of the multitude.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. And when he came upon the stairs — Those mentioned in the note on Acts 21:31.