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Acts 21:33
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KJ21
Then the chief captain came near, and took him and commanded that he be bound with two chains, and demanded who he was and what he had done.
ASV
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.
AMP
Then the commander came up and arrested Paul, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
AMPC
Then the commandant approached and arrested Paul and ordered that he be secured with two chains. He then inquired who he was and what he had done.
BRG
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.
CSB
Then the commander approached, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.
CSBA
Then the commander approached, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.
CEB
When the commander arrived, he arrested Paul and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Only then did he begin to ask who Paul was and what he had done.
CJB
Then the commander came up, arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.
CEV
The army commander went over and arrested him and had him bound with two chains. Then he tried to find out who Paul was and what he had done.
DARBY
Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.
DLNT
Then having drawn-near, the commander took-hold-of him. And he ordered that he be bound with two chains. And he was inquiring as to who he might be and what he has done.
DRA
Then the tribune coming near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains: and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
ERV
The commander went over to Paul and arrested him. He told his soldiers to tie him up with two chains. Then he asked, “Who is this man? What has he done wrong?”
EASY
The Roman soldiers' leader went to Paul and he took hold of him. He said to his men, ‘Tie two chains round the arms of this man.’ Then he asked the people in the crowd, ‘Who is this man and what has he done?’
EHV
Then the commander approached Paul, arrested him, and gave an order that he should be bound with two chains. He asked who Paul was and what he had done.
ESV
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
ESVUK
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He enquired who he was and what he had done.
EXB
The ·commander [tribune] went to Paul and arrested him. He told his soldiers to ·bind [shackle] Paul with two chains. Then he ·asked [inquired about] who he was and what he had done wrong.
GNV
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.
GW
Then the officer went to Paul, grabbed him, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. The officer asked who Paul was and what he had done.
GNT
The commander went over to Paul, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked, “Who is this man, and what has he done?”
HCSB
Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.
ICB
The commander went to Paul and arrested him. He told his soldiers to bind Paul with two chains. Then he asked, “Who is this man? What has he done wrong?”
ISV
Then the tribune came up, grabbed Paul, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. He then asked who Paul was and what he had done.
PHILLIPS
They were trying to kill him when a report reached the ears of the colonel of the regiment that the whole of Jerusalem was in an uproar. Without a moment’s delay he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. When they saw the colonel and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul. The colonel came up to Paul and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he enquired who the man was and what he had been doing. Some of the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since he could not be certain of the facts because of the shouting that was going on, the colonel ordered him to be brought to the barracks. When Paul got to the steps he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob. For the mass of the people followed, shouting, “Kill him!” Just as they were going to take him into the barracks Paul asked the colonel, “May I say something to you?”
JUB
Then the tribunal came near and took him and commanded him to be bound with two chains and demanded to know who he was and what he had done.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.
LEB
Then the military tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what it was that he had done.
TLB
The commander arrested him and ordered him bound with double chains. Then he asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.
MSG
The captain came up and put Paul under arrest. He first ordered him handcuffed, and then asked who he was and what he had done. All he got from the crowd were shouts, one yelling this, another that. It was impossible to tell one word from another in the mob hysteria, so the captain ordered Paul taken to the military barracks. But when they got to the Temple steps, the mob became so violent that the soldiers had to carry Paul. As they carried him away, the crowd followed, shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
MEV
Then the commander came and arrested him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
MOUNCE
Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. Then he asked who he might be and what he had done.
NOG
Then the officer went to Paul, grabbed him, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. The officer asked who Paul was and what he had done.
NABRE
The cohort commander came forward, arrested him, and ordered him to be secured with two chains; he tried to find out who he might be and what he had done.
NASB
Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.
NASB1995
Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.
NCB
Then the commander came forward, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Next he asked who he was and what he had done.
NCV
The commander went to Paul and arrested him. He told his soldiers to tie Paul with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done wrong.
NET
Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.
NIRV
The commander came up and arrested Paul. He ordered him to be held with two chains. Then he asked who Paul was and what he had done.
NIV
The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
NIVUK
The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
NKJV
Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.
NLV
The captain came and took hold of Paul. He told his soldiers to tie Paul with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
NLT
Then the commander arrested him and ordered him bound with two chains. He asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.
NMB
Then the 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.
NRSVA
Then the tribune came, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; he inquired who he was and what he had done.
NRSVACE
Then the tribune came, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; he inquired who he was and what he had done.
NRSVCE
Then the tribune came, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; he inquired who he was and what he had done.
NRSVUE
Then the tribune came, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; he inquired who he was and what he had done.
NTFE
Then the tribune came up, arrested him, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done.
OJB
Then the Roman tribune came near and took hold of Rav Sha’ul and ordered him to be bound with two sharsherot (chains), and the tribune was inquiring who he might be and what he had done.
RGT
Then the chief captain came near and took him, and commanded that he be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done.
RSV
Then the tribune came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
RSVCE
Then the tribune came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
TLV
Then the commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and began investigating what he had done.
VOICE
The commandant took him into custody and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He conducted a preliminary interrogation—asking Paul’s name, what he had done.
WEB
Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.
WE
Then the officer came up and took Paul. He had him tied with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
WYC
Then the tribune came, and caught him, and commanded, that he were bound with two chains [Then the tribune coming to, caught him, and commanded to be bound with two chains]; and asked, who he was, and what he had done.
YLT
Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,
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