Acts 21:35

21:35 When he came to the steps, Paul ¹  had to be carried ²  by the soldiers because of the violence ³  of the mob,

Acts 23:10

23:10 When the argument became ⁴  so great the commanding officer ⁵  feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, ⁶  he ordered the detachment ⁷  to go down, take him away from them by force, ⁸  and bring him into the barracks. ⁹ 

[21:35]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:35]  ² sn Paul had to be carried. Note how the arrest really ended up protecting Paul. The crowd is portrayed as irrational at this point.

[21:35]  ³ tn This refers to mob violence (BDAG 175 s.v. βία b).

[23:10]  ⁴ tn This genitive absolute construction with the participle γινομένης (ginomenhs) has been taken temporally (it could also be translated as causal).

[23:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (ciliarco") literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militare, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.

[23:10]  ⁶ tn Grk “that Paul would be torn to pieces by them.” BDAG 236 s.v. διασπάω has “of an angry mob μὴ διασπασθῇ ὁ Παῦλος ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν that Paul would be torn in pieces by them Ac 23:10.” The passive construction is somewhat awkward in English and has been converted to an equivalent active construction in the translation.

[23:10]  ⁷ tn Normally this term means “army,” but according to BDAG 947 s.v. στράτευμα, “Of a smaller detachment of soldiers, sing. Ac 23:10, 27.” In the plural it can be translated “troops,” but it is singular here.

[23:10]  ⁸ tn Or “to go down, grab him out of their midst.”

[23:10]  ⁹ tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”